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Leader–Member Exchange (LMX) and Culture: A Meta-Analysis of Correlates of LMX Across 23 Countries Thomas Rockstuhl Nanyang Technological University James H. Dulebohn Michigan State University Soon Ang Nanyang Technological University Lynn M. Shore San Diego State University This study extends leader–member exchange (LMX) research by meta-analyzing the role of national culture in moderating relationships between LMX and its correlates. Results based on 282 independent samples (N 68,587) from 23 countries and controlling for extreme response style differences indicate that (a) relationships of LMX with organizational citizenship behavior, justice perceptions, job satisfac- tion, turnover intentions, and leader trust are stronger in horizontal-individualistic (e.g., Western) contexts than in vertical-collectivistic (e.g., Asian) contexts; and (b) national culture does not affect relationships of LMX with task performance, organizational commitment, and transformational leader- ship. These findings highlight that although members are universally sensitive to how their leaders treat them, members’ responses in Asian contexts may also be influenced by collective interests and role-based obligations. Keywords: leadership, meta-analysis, national culture A central tenet of leader–member exchange (LMX) theory is that leaders do not treat each subordinate the same and that LMX quality can range from low to high (Graen & Uhl-Bien, 1995; Liden, Sparrowe, & Wayne, 1997). Social exchange theory is generally used to explain the positive effects of high LMX. P. M. Blau (1964) defined social exchange as involving unspecified obligations created by received favors. As leaders initiate social exchanges by bestowing favorable treatment upon certain mem- bers (Graen & Uhl-Bien, 1995), members in turn feel obliged to work harder to benefit the leader as a means of reciprocation (Liden et al., 1997). Thus, a key tenet of LMX theory is that members’ work-related attitudes and behaviors depend on how their leaders treat them. Earlier meta-analyses had focused on outcomes of LMX and supported a positive relationship between LMX and performance (Gerstner & Day, 1997), citizenship be- havior (Ilies, Nahrgang, & Morgeson, 2007), and attitudes such as job satisfaction, affective and normative commitment, and turn- over intentions (Dulebohn, Bommer, Liden, Brouer, & Ferris, 2011). Dulebohn et al. (2011) also provided support for various antecedents of LMX including transformational leadership and leader trust. To date, the majority of these studies have been based on Western contexts of individualism and low power distance (House, Hanges, Javidan, Dorfman, & Gupta, 2004; Triandis, 2004). How- ever, as Anand, Hu, Liden, and Vidyarthi (2011) have observed, LMX situated in Asia and other parts of the world may operate differently in more collectivistic and higher power distance cul- tures. For example, LMX is significantly associated with organi- zational citizenship behavior (OCB) in the United States (r .32; Uhl-Bien & Maslyn, 2003) but not in China (r .06; Loi & Ngo, 2009). Similarly, whereas LMX is strongly associated with job satisfaction (r .69; Pillai, Scandura, & Williams, 1999) and reduced turnover intentions (r .55; Francis, 2010) in the United States, LMX is more weakly related to job satisfaction (r .21) in China (Yi, 2002) and is unrelated to turnover intentions (r .02) in India (Mehta, 2009). Similarly, Dulebohn et al.’s (2011) meta-analysis found that leader trust was more weakly related to LMX in more collectivistic and higher power distance cultures. Findings such as these prompted Anand et al. (2011) and Dulebohn et al. to call for further research on how culture affects antecedents and outcomes of LMX. We respond to their call by systematically examining the role of national culture in moderating relationships between LMX and its correlates. Below, we develop our research hypotheses and report our meta-analysis comprising 282 independent samples (N 68,587) from 23 countries that examined relationships of LMX with (a) the outcomes of task performance, OCB, justice perceptions, job sat- isfaction, commitment, and turnover intentions; and (b) the ante- cedents of transformational leadership and leader trust. This article was published Online First September 17, 2012. Thomas Rockstuhl, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; James H. Dulebohn, School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, Michigan State University; Soon Ang, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University; Lynn M. Shore, Department of Management, College of Business Administration, San Diego State University. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Thomas Rockstuhl, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Block S3 01C-108, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798. E-mail: [email protected] Journal of Applied Psychology © 2012 American Psychological Association 2012, Vol. 97, No. 6, 1097–1130 0021-9010/12/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/a0029978 1097

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Leader–Member Exchange (LMX) and Culture:A Meta-Analysis of Correlates of LMX Across 23 Countries

Thomas RockstuhlNanyang Technological University

James H. DulebohnMichigan State University

Soon AngNanyang Technological University

Lynn M. ShoreSan Diego State University

This study extends leader–member exchange (LMX) research by meta-analyzing the role of nationalculture in moderating relationships between LMX and its correlates. Results based on 282 independentsamples (N � 68,587) from 23 countries and controlling for extreme response style differences indicatethat (a) relationships of LMX with organizational citizenship behavior, justice perceptions, job satisfac-tion, turnover intentions, and leader trust are stronger in horizontal-individualistic (e.g., Western)contexts than in vertical-collectivistic (e.g., Asian) contexts; and (b) national culture does not affectrelationships of LMX with task performance, organizational commitment, and transformational leader-ship. These findings highlight that although members are universally sensitive to how their leaders treatthem, members’ responses in Asian contexts may also be influenced by collective interests and role-basedobligations.

Keywords: leadership, meta-analysis, national culture

A central tenet of leader–member exchange (LMX) theory isthat leaders do not treat each subordinate the same and that LMXquality can range from low to high (Graen & Uhl-Bien, 1995;Liden, Sparrowe, & Wayne, 1997). Social exchange theory isgenerally used to explain the positive effects of high LMX. P. M.Blau (1964) defined social exchange as involving unspecifiedobligations created by received favors. As leaders initiate socialexchanges by bestowing favorable treatment upon certain mem-bers (Graen & Uhl-Bien, 1995), members in turn feel obliged towork harder to benefit the leader as a means of reciprocation(Liden et al., 1997). Thus, a key tenet of LMX theory is thatmembers’ work-related attitudes and behaviors depend on howtheir leaders treat them. Earlier meta-analyses had focused onoutcomes of LMX and supported a positive relationship betweenLMX and performance (Gerstner & Day, 1997), citizenship be-havior (Ilies, Nahrgang, & Morgeson, 2007), and attitudes such asjob satisfaction, affective and normative commitment, and turn-over intentions (Dulebohn, Bommer, Liden, Brouer, & Ferris,

2011). Dulebohn et al. (2011) also provided support for variousantecedents of LMX including transformational leadership andleader trust.

To date, the majority of these studies have been based onWestern contexts of individualism and low power distance (House,Hanges, Javidan, Dorfman, & Gupta, 2004; Triandis, 2004). How-ever, as Anand, Hu, Liden, and Vidyarthi (2011) have observed,LMX situated in Asia and other parts of the world may operatedifferently in more collectivistic and higher power distance cul-tures. For example, LMX is significantly associated with organi-zational citizenship behavior (OCB) in the United States (r � .32;Uhl-Bien & Maslyn, 2003) but not in China (r � �.06; Loi &Ngo, 2009). Similarly, whereas LMX is strongly associated withjob satisfaction (r � .69; Pillai, Scandura, & Williams, 1999) andreduced turnover intentions (r � �.55; Francis, 2010) in theUnited States, LMX is more weakly related to job satisfaction (r �.21) in China (Yi, 2002) and is unrelated to turnover intentions(r � �.02) in India (Mehta, 2009). Similarly, Dulebohn et al.’s(2011) meta-analysis found that leader trust was more weaklyrelated to LMX in more collectivistic and higher power distancecultures. Findings such as these prompted Anand et al. (2011) andDulebohn et al. to call for further research on how culture affectsantecedents and outcomes of LMX. We respond to their call bysystematically examining the role of national culture in moderatingrelationships between LMX and its correlates.

Below, we develop our research hypotheses and report ourmeta-analysis comprising 282 independent samples (N � 68,587)from 23 countries that examined relationships of LMX with (a) theoutcomes of task performance, OCB, justice perceptions, job sat-isfaction, commitment, and turnover intentions; and (b) the ante-cedents of transformational leadership and leader trust.

This article was published Online First September 17, 2012.Thomas Rockstuhl, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological

University, Singapore; James H. Dulebohn, School of Human Resourcesand Labor Relations, Michigan State University; Soon Ang, NanyangBusiness School, Nanyang Technological University; Lynn M. Shore,Department of Management, College of Business Administration, SanDiego State University.

Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to ThomasRockstuhl, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University,Block S3 01C-108, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798. E-mail:[email protected]

Journal of Applied Psychology © 2012 American Psychological Association2012, Vol. 97, No. 6, 1097–1130 0021-9010/12/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/a0029978

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Theory and Hypotheses

Configurational Approach to National Culture

Hofstede (2001, p. 9) defined culture as “the collective program-ming of the mind that distinguishes the members of one group orcategory of people from another.” There are two approaches totheorizing about the effects of national culture. The conventionalapproach uses individual cultural value dimensions as predictors. Amore novel approach uses configurations of cultural values (Triandis,1995; Tsui et al., 2007). The configurational approach is especiallyappropriate to studying culture at the national level of analysis be-cause societal cultural values tend to co-occur. For example, Triandisand colleagues (Singelis, Triandis, Bhawuk, & Gelfand, 1995; Trian-dis, 1995; Triandis & Gelfand, 1998) discovered national cultureconfigurations of horizontal individualism and vertical collectivismbecause societies that are higher in collectivism are also likely to behigher in power distance, whereas those that are lower in collectivismare also likely to be lower in power distance.

The horizontal individualism/vertical collectivism configurationsproposed by Triandis and colleagues thus distinguish national culturesbased on configurations of two cultural values (Singelis et al., 1995;Triandis, 1995; Triandis & Gelfand, 1998). The first cultural value isindividualism–collectivism (independent vs. interdependent self), andthe second cultural value is power distance (equal status betweenpeople vs. emphasizing respect for authorities). Specifically, people inhorizontal-individualistic cultures are more likely to regard them-selves as independent of and equal in status with others. By contrast,those in vertical-collectivistic cultures are more likely to describethemselves as interdependent with others and hold greater respect forauthority. Societies in the West are likely to fit into the horizontal-individualistic configuration, whereas societies in Asia tend to fit intothe vertical-collectivistic configuration.

Taras, Kirkman, and Steel (2010) found that individualism–collectivism and power distance were the strongest predictors of arange of outcomes at the societal level. These two values are alsodominantly associated with cross-cultural leadership (Dorfman &Howell, 1998; Ng, Koh, Ang, Kennedy, & Chan, 2011), and LMX inparticular (Anand et al., 2011). Yet, because national cultural valuessuch as individualism-collectivism and power distance are stronglycorrelated (r � .67; Hofstede, 2001), they cannot be studied togetherwithout multicollinearity concerns (Fiss, 2007; Meyer, Tsui, & Hin-ings, 1993).

Hence, we focus on societal configurations of individualism–collectivism and power distance when examining the moderating roleof national culture on relationships between LMX and its correlates.Although Triandis and colleagues suggest four cultural configura-tions, out of the 558 LMX studies identified in our literature search,only five studies came from horizontal-collectivistic or vertical-individualistic societies. Therefore, we consider the joint effects ofindividualism–collectivism and power distance by contrasting thestrength of the relationship between LMX and its correlates in onlyhorizontal-individualistic and vertical-collectivistic cultures.

The Moderating Effect of National Culture onRelationships Between LMX and Outcomes

Individualism-collectivism describes how an individual seesher- or himself in relation to the collective, whereas power distance

describes the extent to which individuals accept social stratifica-tion and unequal distributions of power in society (Hofstede,2001). Because of their individualistic orientations, people inhorizontal-individualistic cultures are more likely to view self asindependent of others, to emphasize personal goals, and to basetheir social behaviors more on personal attitudes and on howothers treat them (Singelis et al., 1995). Furthermore, because oftheir lower power distance orientation, people in horizontal-individualistic cultures are more likely to view themselves as equalwith others (Shavitt, Lalwani, Zhang, & Torelli, 2006). Thus,personal relationships and liking are more likely to influence howan individual reacts to people in authority (Dickson, Den Hartog,& Mitchelson, 2003).

By contrast, vertical-collectivistic cultures view the self as in-terdependent with others, emphasize aligning goals with collectiveinterests, and stress perceived duties and obligations in socialbehavior (Triandis, 1995). Furthermore, individuals in vertical-collectivistic cultures tend to emphasize greater respect for author-ity due to their higher power distance orientation (Shavitt et al.,2006). Consequently, people in vertical-collectivistic cultures re-spond to authority figures based on not only personal relationshipsor liking but also role-based obligations (Dickson et al., 2003). Insum, there is a stronger deference to and respect for authorityassociated with vertical collectivism that provides a basis forpredicting weaker effects of LMX in these cultures.

The horizontal individualism/vertical collectivism distinctionhas direct implications for how strongly LMX relates to variousoutcomes. A fundamental assumption of LMX theory in explain-ing the positive effects of LMX is that members’ responses dependon how their leaders treat them (Liden et al., 1997). In other words,LMX theory describes members’ attitudes and behavior as a con-tingent response to leader treatment, which may vary amongmembers. Because personal relationships with leaders and howthese benefit members’ personal goals matter to members inhorizontal-individualistic cultures (Triandis & Gelfand, 1998),they are particularly likely to base their attitudes and behaviors onhow their leaders treat them (Farh, Hackett, & Liang, 2007). Thus,we expect strong relationships between LMX and outcomes innations with horizontal-individualistic cultures.

Of greater interest in our study is how the relationships betweenLMX and outcomes are influenced by vertical-collectivistic orien-tations. We argue that relationships between LMX and outcomesare stronger in horizontal-individualistic than in vertical-collectivistic cultures. We expect this because even though mem-bers in both cultures are sensitive to leader treatment, members’responses in vertical-collectivistic cultures are more likely to beinfluenced by collective interests and role-based loyalty. Invertical-collectivistic cultures, people emphasize pursuing interestsof the collective and respect for authorities (Shavitt et al., 2006).This has two major implications for how strongly LMX relates tomembers’ work behaviors and attitudes.

First, as van Knippenberg and Hogg (2003) noted, “leaders notonly lead groups of people, but are also themselves members ofthese groups” (p. 244; emphasis in original). Because of theirinterdependent view of the self, members in vertical-collectivisticcultures are more likely than members in horizontal-individualisticcultures to see their leaders’ interests as representing the interestsof the collective (M. Chen & Miller, 2011). More importantly,vertical-collectivistic cultures emphasize aligning goals with col-

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lective interests even when they are in conflict with personal goals(Triandis, 1995). As a consequence, members in vertical-collectivistic cultures are more likely than members in horizontal-individualistic cultures to work hard for their leader even whenthey are not receiving favors from the leader in return (Y. Chen,Friedman, Yu, Fang, & Lu, 2009).

Second, the tendency to give unquestioning respect for authorityin vertical-collectivistic cultures is likely to affect how membersmight respond to their leaders. As Y. Chen et al. (2009) noted,“Subordinates are expected to show unreserved loyalty and obe-dience toward their superiors” (p. 380). Because of their generallystronger respect for authority, members in vertical-collectivisticcultures are less likely to base their attitudes and behaviors solelyon leader treatment. Instead members’ attitudes and behaviors, inresponse to how leaders treat them, are also influenced by role-based loyalty (Jiang & Cheng, 2008) and deference to leaders(Wasti & Can, 2008). Consequently, changes in how well a leadertreats members should have less of an impact on members’ workbehaviors and attitudes in vertical-collectivistic compared withhorizontal-individualistic cultures.

Hypotheses 1: The positive associations between LMX and(a) task performance, (b) OCB, (c) distributive justice, (d)procedural justice, (e) interactional justice, (f) job satisfac-tion, (g) affective commitment, and (h) normative commit-ment and the negative association between LMX and (i)turnover intentions are stronger in samples from horizontal-individualistic countries than they are in samples fromvertical-collectivistic countries.

Moderating Effect of National Culture onRelationships Between Antecedents and LMX

Leaders determine the quality of LMX relationships to a greaterextent than members (Dienesch & Liden, 1986; Graen & Scan-dura, 1987). In higher quality relationships, leaders offer benefitsfor the member, including consideration of members’ needs, as-sistance with problems at work, emotional support, and formal andinformal rewards (Gerstner & Day, 1997). Previous studies haveexamined transformational leadership (e.g., Pillai et al., 1999),leaders’ trust in members (e.g., Gómez & Rosen, 2001), and otherleader, member, or interpersonal relationship characteristics (seeDulebohn et al., 2011) as antecedents of LMX quality. Because ourstudy was limited by the available cross-cultural samples, we couldonly examine transformational leadership and leader trust.

Based on the norm of reciprocity (Gouldner, 1960), LMX theorysuggests that positive evaluations of LMX quality engender posi-tive work behaviors and attitudes by members (Liden et al., 1997).Similarly, we expect this norm to affect relationships betweenantecedents and LMX. In this case, we hypothesize that beneficialbehaviors by the leader give rise to positive evaluations of LMXfrom their members. Leaders who use their power to help memberssolve problems at work, support members’ actions, and considermembers’ needs evoke positive evaluations of LMX quality inmembers (Scandura & Graen, 1984). Such leader treatment issimilar to individualized consideration, which is described in stud-ies of transformational leadership. Individualized considerationrefers to the degree to which leaders support members and attendto their needs (Bass, 1985). Leaders who provide higher support

and attention to members’ needs evoke more positive LMX per-ceptions in those members through processes of personal identifi-cation (Wang, Law, Hackett, Wang, & Chen, 2005). As Deluga(1992) noted, “Transformational leaders may foster the formationof high quality relationships and a sense of a common fate withindividual subordinates” (p. 245).

Trust refers to a person’s willingness to be vulnerable to anotherparty whose behavior is not under his or her control (Zand, 1972).As Liden and Graen (1980) noted, the extent to which leadersprovide preferential treatment to members, depends on the extentto which leaders trust members. That is, leaders treat membersfavorably based on the “extent to which they can be trusted(especially when not being watched by the supervisor)” (Liden &Graen, 1980, p. 451). When leaders display trust in a follower, theyare signaling that a high-quality relationship exists (Brower,Schoorman, & Tan, 2000). Thus, leader trust plays a crucial role inthe development of higher quality LMX relationships because trustengenders expectations about mutual concern—or a sense of com-mon fate—with individual members (Bauer & Green, 1996).

We suggest that, taken together, transformational leadership andleader trust are positively related to LMX because associatedleader behaviors that benefit members evoke positive LMX eval-uations under norms of reciprocity. Although empirical evidencein horizontal-individualistic cultures supports this notion, researchin vertical-collectivistic societies has found weaker associationsbetween transformational leadership and leader trust with LMX.For example, Pillai et al. (1999) found that transformational lead-ership is more strongly related to LMX in Australia (r � .69) thanin Saudi Arabia and Jordan (r � .24). Similarly, leader trust wasmore strongly related to LMX in the United States (r � .69;Hansen, 2010) than in China (r � .32; Wat & Shaffer, 2005).

As with our earlier arguments, we propose that relationships oftransformational leadership and leader trust with LMX are weakerin vertical-collectivistic than in horizontal-individualistic cultures.We expect this attenuation because members’ perceptions of LMXin vertical-collectivistic cultures are not only influenced by howtheir leaders treat them, but also by interdependent self-views androle-based obligations. In vertical-collectivistic nations, membersevaluate exchange relationships with their leaders based on notonly how those exchange relationships meet their personal needs(Hui, Lee, & Rousseau, 2004), but also mutually prescribed rolesand responsibilities (Y. Chen et al., 2009; Vodosek, 2009). Whenrelationships are constrained by role-based obligations for both thesubordinate and supervisor, as is the case in vertical-collectivisticsocieties, then such leader behavior is likely viewed as less im-portant in determining the quality of the relationship between theleader and the follower. By contrast, in horizontal-individualisticcultures where particularistic relationships with the leader areperceived as more influential in the treatment of individual sub-ordinates, displays of transformational leadership and leader trustprovide critical information about the quality of the relationshipand associated treatment. Thus, changes in transformationalleadership or leader trust are more strongly related to changes inmembers’ perceptions of favorable treatment and LMX inhorizontal-individualistic than in vertical-collectivistic cultures.

Hypothesis 2: The positive associations of (a) transforma-tional leadership and (b) leader trust with LMX are stronger in

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samples from horizontal-individualistic countries than theyare in samples from vertical-collectivistic countries.

Method

We conducted a systematic search of the LMX literature, usingseveral methods. First, we conducted a keyword search in theABI/Inform, PsycINFO, ProQuest Dissertation, and GoogleScholar databases using broad keywords such as leader–memberexchange, LMX, and vertical dyad linkage. Second, we comple-mented this search with a backward citation search in which weconducted a manual review of articles identified by Erdogan andLiden (2002); Gerstner and Day (1998); Ilies et al. (2007); Lidenand Maslyn (1998); and Liden et al. (1997). Third, we used aforward citation search of the prominent LMX measures by Scan-dura and Graen (1984) as well as Liden and Maslyn (1998). Wealso searched for LMX articles from the bibliographies of thearticles identified in the first three searches. Finally, we searchedfor in-press articles in leading management journals and contactedauthors who actively conduct research in this area for unpublishedarticles.

This search resulted in an initial pool of 558 LMX studies from1975 to 2011. Next, we excluded studies that did not report samplesizes along with adequate effect size measures or examined effectsof LMX quality only at the group level. Our final database in-cluded a total of 253 studies conducted in 23 countries. Thesestudies reported a total of 282 distinct samples and 602 correla-tions between member-rated LMX and antecedent and outcomecorrelates with a total sample size of 68,587 (see Appendix A).

Three raters independently coded each study in terms of samplesize, effect size, variances, and reliabilities of LMX and its corre-lates, country of study, and type of LMX correlate. The averageintercoder percentage of agreement across the study variables was95%. For any disagreements, the three coders reached consensusthrough discussion following the approach used by Podsakoff,Bommer, Podsakoff, and MacKenzie (2006).

Test of Hypotheses

We classified studies into horizontal-individualistic or vertical-collectivistic cultural configurations based on the country in whichdata were collected. Ideally, we could use cultural values directlyassessed in LMX studies to classify individual studies. Unfortu-nately, studies do not report these data regularly. Thus, we used themedian split of Hofstede’s (2001) country-level scores of collec-tivism and power distance to determine which configuration bestapplied to each society. Taras et al.’s (2010) findings suggest thatcountry-level scores have lower predictive power than culturalvalues assessed in specific study samples. Hence, using country-level scores presents a more conservative test of the potentialeffects of culture.

We then conducted separate meta-analyses for horizontal-individualistic and vertical-collectivistic configurations. We usedHunter and Schmidt’s (2004) meta-analytic methods to estimatethe population correlations between LMX and its correlates in bothcultural configurations. We corrected each primary correlation forattenuation due to unreliability in both the predictor and thecriterion. When reliabilities for LMX or its correlates were notreported in the original studies, we used the population estimates

of internal consistency based on reliability generalization proce-dures to correct the primary correlations (Rodriguez & Maeda,2006). To test our moderation hypotheses, we followed proceduresadvocated by Aguinis, Sturman, and Pierce (2008) that compareestimated true correlations between studies in horizontal-individualistic and vertical-collectivistic cultural configurations.

Test of Extreme Response Style Differences

Van de Vijver and Leung (1997) suggested that differences inrelationship strength across cultures could be due to cultural dif-ferences in extreme response style instead of substantive culturaldifferences. Extreme response style refers to the tendency to usethe extreme categories of rating scales (Cheung & Rensvold,2000). Empirical research shows that Western cultures are morelikely to use extreme categories of rating scales, whereas Asiancultures are more likely to use middle categories of rating scales(Harzing, 2006; T. Johnson, Kulesa, Cho, & Shavitt, 2005). Thegreater use of middle categories in Asian cultures lowers constructvariances in Asian compared with Western cultures (Little, 2000).If vertical-collectivistic cultures show lower variances in LMX orits correlates, then range restrictions may attenuate correlations invertical-collectivistic compared with horizontal-individualisticcultures (Hunter, Schmidt, & Le, 2006).

We address this potential confound in two steps. First, Little(2000) suggests that extreme response style differences are presentwhen construct variances vary systematically across cultures.Thus, we tested for differences in all construct variances acrossboth cultural configurations following random-effects regressionprocedures described by Lipsey and Wilson (2000). Second, forconstructs that showed significantly different variances, we cor-rected individual relationships between LMX and these constructsin vertical-collectivistic societies using range restriction correc-tions suggested by Hunter et al. (2006). We estimated the rangerestriction ratio (ux) as the ratio between the study-specific con-struct variance and the average construct variance estimated forhorizontal-individualistic studies. By applying appropriate correc-tion procedures, our study offers a unique opportunity to examinethe degree to which range restrictions account for observed differ-ences in the relationship strengths across cultures. Hence, thisarticle advances a methodological improvement over previousmeta-analyses that have not considered range restriction as analternative explanation when comparing relationships across cul-tures.

Results

Test of Hypotheses

Table 1 shows the results of our test of Hypothesis 1. Wehypothesized in Hypothesis 1 that members in horizontal-individualistic countries would show a stronger association be-tween LMX and a range of outcomes than members in vertical-collectivistic countries. In terms of behavioral outcomes, theresults demonstrate that the relationship between LMX and OCB isstronger in horizontal-individualistic (�HI � .35) than in vertical-collectivistic (�VC � .28) cultures (t � 2.36, p � .01). However,the relationship between LMX and task performance is not differ-ent in horizontal-individualistic (�HI � .30) and vertical-

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collectivistic (�VC � .29) cultures (t � .32, ns). Therefore, Hy-pothesis 1(b) is supported, whereas Hypothesis 1(a) is not.

Regarding justice outcomes, results show that relationships be-tween LMX and distributive justice (�HI � .51 vs. �VC � .36; t �2.77, p � .01), procedural justice (�HI � .63 vs. �VC � .50; t �2.58, p � .01), and interactional justice (�HI � .79 vs. �VC � .62;t � 1.72, p � .05) are significantly stronger in horizontal-individualistic compared with vertical-collectivistic countries.Therefore, Hypotheses 1(c), 1(d), and 1(e) are supported.

Finally, for attitudinal outcomes, results show that relationshipsof LMX with job satisfaction (�HI � .55 vs. �VC � .45; t � 3.09,p � .01) and turnover intentions (�HI � �.40 vs. �VC � �.25;t � 3.25, p � .01) are significantly stronger in horizontal-individualistic than in vertical-collectivistic countries. However,results do not support our hypotheses for organizational commit-ment. The relationships between LMX and affective (�HI � .48 vs.�VC � .52; t � 1.44, ns) and normative (�HI � .29 vs. �VC � .47;t � 1.59, ns) organizational commitment1 are not different inhorizontal-individualistic and vertical-collectivistic cultures.Therefore, Hypotheses 1(f) and 1(i) are supported, whereas Hy-potheses 1(g) and 1(h) are not.

We hypothesized in Hypothesis 2 that members in horizontal-individualistic countries would show a stronger positive associa-tion of transformational leadership and leader trust with LMX thanmembers in vertical-collectivistic countries. Results (in Table 2)indicate that the relationship between leader trust and LMX is

stronger in horizontal-individualistic (�HI � .72) than in vertical-collectivistic (�VC � .52) countries (t � 1.74, p � .05). Yet, thereis no difference in the relationship strength between transforma-tional leadership and LMX in horizontal-individualistic (�HI �.74) and vertical-collectivistic (�VC � .69) countries (t � .74, ns).Therefore, Hypothesis 2(b) is supported, whereas Hypothesis 2(a)is not.

Test for Extreme Response Style Differences AcrossCultural Configurations

Table 3 presents the meta-analytic variances for LMX and itscorrelates for the two cultural configurations. It also reports the QR

statistic (Hedges & Olkin, 1985) that tests for differences invariances across the two cultural configurations. As noted, extremeresponse style differences are present only when variances differsignificantly across the two cultural configurations. Table 3 showsthat four out of 12 constructs (procedural justice: �HI

2 � 1.11 vs.�VC

2 � 0.75; QR � 8.40, p � .01; turnover intentions: �HI2 � 2.01

vs. �VC2 � 1.48, QR � 5.94, p � .05; transformational leadership:

�HI2 � 0.83 vs. �VC

2 � 0.45, QR � 25.36, p � .01; and leader trust:

1 We also explored relationships between LMX and continuance com-mitment. However, results show that LMX is unrelated to continuancecommitment in both horizontal-individualistic (k � 6, �HI � �.02, ns) andvertical-collectivistic (k � 4, �VC � .13, ns) cultural configurations.

Table 1Results of Moderator Analysis of National Culture on Relationships Between Leader–Member Exchange (LMX) andOutcome Correlates

LMX correlate N k kc r � SD� 80% CV 95% CI t

Task performanceHorizontal individualism 23,024 99 3 .29 .30 .11 [0.16, 0.45] [0.27, 0.33]Vertical collectivism 4,541 17 7 .26 .29 .11 [0.16, 0.43] [0.23, 0.36] 0.32

Organizational citizenship behaviorHorizontal individualism 11,950 62 2 .30 .35 .12 [0.20, 0.50] [0.31, 0.38]Vertical collectivism 5,565 22 9 .25 .28 .11 [0.13, 0.42] [0.21, 0.34] 2.36��

Distributive justiceHorizontal individualism 4,885 22 2 .46 .51 .19 [0.27, 0.76] [0.44, 0.59]Vertical collectivism 2,351 12 7 .30 .36 .13 [0.19, 0.53] [0.28, 0.44] 2.77��

Procedural justiceHorizontal individualism 4,651 21 2 .55 .63 .19 [0.39, 0.87] [0.55, 0.71]Vertical collectivism 2,793 12 7 .42 .50 .10 [0.38, 0.63] [0.44, 0.57] 2.58��

Interactional justiceHorizontal individualism 4,264 14 1 .65 .79 .14 [0.61, 0.97] [0.72, 0.86]Vertical collectivism 1,321 6 4 .54 .62 .23 [0.33, 0.91] [0.41, 0.83] 1.72�

Job satisfactionHorizontal individualism 17,473 78 7 .46 .55 .15 [0.35, 0.74] [0.51, 0.58]Vertical collectivism 4,608 19 7 .42 .45 .11 [0.31, 0.59] [0.39, 0.51] 3.09��

Affective commitmentHorizontal individualism 16,675 70 5 .42 .48 .10 [0.35, 0.61] [0.45, 0.51]Vertical collectivism 6,706 22 11 .44 .52 .12 [0.36, 0.68] [0.46, 0.58] 1.44

Normative commitmentHorizontal individualism 1,575 8 1 .27 .29 .10 [0.17, 0.42] [0.19, 0.39]Vertical collectivism 1,075 5 5 .44 .47 .24 [0.16, 0.78] [0.22, 0.72] 1.59

Turnover intentionsHorizontal individualism 13,583 46 3 �.33 �.40 .09 [�0.52, �0.28] [�0.44, �0.36]Vertical collectivism 3,028 12 4 �.20 �.25 .15 [�0.44, �0.06] [�0.35, �0.15] 3.25��

Note. N � combined sample size; k � number of correlations; kc � number of countries; r � mean uncorrected correlation; � � estimated true scorecorrelation corrected for measurement error; CV � credibility interval; CI � confidence interval; t � t-test statistic for differences in true correlationsbetween countries with configurations of horizontal individualism and vertical collectivism.� p � .05. �� p � .01.

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�HI2 � 0.77 vs. �VC

2 � 1.50, QR � 8.78, p � .01) have significantlydifferent variances in horizontal-individualistic than in vertical-collectivistic cultures. Thus, extreme responding appears to affectonly procedural justice, turnover intentions, transformational lead-ership, and leader trust. Table 4 compares relationships betweenLMX and these constructs in horizontal-individualistic andvertical-collectivistic cultures after correcting for range restrictionsin studies from vertical-collectivistic cultures.

Overall, we find that correcting for range restrictions does not alterthe pattern of findings regarding the relationship strength betweenLMX and these correlates across the two cultural configurations.Results show that corrected relationships between LMX and proce-dural justice (�HI � .63 vs. �VC � .54; t � 1.73, p � .05), turnoverintentions (�HI � �.40 vs. �VC � �.26; t � 2.97, p � .01), and leadertrust (�HI � .72 vs. �VC � .25; t � 3.89, p � .01) are significantlystronger in horizontal-individualistic than in vertical-collectivistic cul-tures, whereas this is not the case for transformational leadership(�HI � .72 vs. �VC � .84; t � 1.62, ns). This pattern of results isconsistent with our uncorrected findings.

Discussion

Our study examines a long-standing concern that theories de-veloped in one cultural context may not be equally applicable inother cultural contexts (Gelfand et al., 2007). More specifically,we offer timely insights into the boundary conditions of LMXtheory by examining the moderating impact of national culture onrelationships within the nomological network of LMX.

Seven of the 11 LMX correlates show patterns that are consistentwith our arguments. Although members in both cultural configura-tions are sensitive to how leaders treat them, members’ responses invertical-collectivistic cultures may also be influenced by collectiveinterests and role-based loyalty. The attenuated relationships betweenLMX and OCB, distributive justice, procedural justice, interactionaljustice, job satisfaction, turnover intentions, and leader trust suggestthat culture matters when considering antecedents and outcomes ofLMX. Hence, our findings support Anand et al.’s (2011) assertion thatindividualism-collectivism and power distance have implications forthe development and outcomes of LMX.

However, we also observed three intriguing and counterintuitivefindings that corroborate with Hui et al.’s (2004) conclusion thatthe way in which cultural values affect the leader–member rela-tionship is very complex. First, we found that the relationship

between LMX and task performance was not different inhorizontal-individualistic and vertical-collectivistic cultures. Thisfinding suggests that members in both cultural configurationsappear to require the necessary work-related information and re-sources afforded by higher quality LMX to perform well.

Second, the relationships between LMX and affective and nor-mative commitment were not different in horizontal-individualisticand vertical-collectivistic cultures. One explanation for these find-ings is that followers from both horizontal-individualistic andvertical-collectivistic cultures perceive their leaders to be acting asagents of their organizations, and thus the emotional attachmentand sense of obligation to the organization reflected in affectiveand normative commitment respectively appear to be inspired bythe quality of the relationship with the leader in both culturalsettings. A recent study by Eisenberger et al. (2010) supports thisargument. They designed a study that tested relationships betweenLMX and organizational commitment in both horizontal-individualistic (United States) and vertical-collectivistic (Portugal)cultures. Eisenberger et al. observed that in both cultures, “em-ployees generalize their exchange relationship from their supervi-sor to the organization because they view the supervisor as repre-senting the organization” (p. 1086). Hence, regardless of whetherthe members were from a horizontal-individualistic or vertical-collectivistic culture, any assessment made by members of thequality of relationship with the leader would be likely to havesimilar halo or spillover effects on their attitudes toward theorganization (i.e., organizational commitment).

Finally, the relationship between transformational leadershipand LMX was not different in horizontal-individualistic andvertical-collectivistic cultures. We had argued that in general,members in vertical-collectivistic societies evaluate relationshipswith their leaders based on both how the relationship meets theirpersonal needs and formal roles. Yet, this distinction may not beimportant in relation to transformational leadership given that thecultural profiles did not display differential effects linking this typeof leadership with LMX. Perhaps because of their charismaticappeal and ability to inspire and motivate followers (Judge &Piccolo, 2004), transformational leaders are more effective thanpurely transactional leaders across cultures in getting members tovalue them at a personal level as reflected in LMX. That is, ourresults suggest that instead of seeing leaders merely as formalauthorities carrying out their duties, as we predicted for followers

Table 2Results of Moderator Analysis of National Culture on Relationships Between Leader–Member Exchange (LMX) andAntecedent Correlates

LMX correlate N k kc r � SD� 80% CV 95% CI t

Transformational leadershipHorizontal individualism 4,561 18 3 .65 .74 .19 [0.50, 0.98] [0.64, 0.84]Vertical collectivism 2,247 9 7 .55 .69 .18 [0.46, 0.92] [0.50, 0.88] 0.74

Leader trustHorizontal individualism 4,084 15 2 .55 .72 .27 [0.37, 1.07] [0.58, 0.85]Vertical collectivism 551 3 2 .42 .52 .15 [0.34, 0.71] [0.30, 0.75] 1.74�

Note. N � combined sample size; k � number of correlations; kc � number of countries; r � mean uncorrected correlation; � � estimated true scorecorrelation corrected for measurement error; CV � credibility interval; CI � confidence interval; t � t-test statistic for differences in true correlationsbetween countries with configurations of horizontal individualism and vertical collectivism.� p � .05.

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in vertical-collectivistic nations, transformational leaders maybring forth an aspiration on the part of followers to exert efforts toform high-quality relationships. Research from the Global Lead-ership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) proj-ect supports this argument by suggesting that members from allcultures value transformational leaders (Javidan, Dorfman, deLuque, & House, 2006). If that is the case, then transformationalleaders in vertical-collectivistic societies may inspire personalliking through emphasizing the common fate of the leader andfollowers so that formal roles and associated obligations becomeless important. Thus, these leaders affect LMX quality as stronglyas leaders in horizontal-individualistic societies.

Taken together, our results provide important empirical evi-dence that sheds some light on the cultural assumptions, and hencecultural boundaries, of LMX. At the same time, the present study

suggests that culture’s impact on LMX is more complex thanpreviously assumed and warrants deeper consideration by organi-zational scholars. In particular, our discussion of unexpected find-ings above highlights the need to better understand how cultureaffects the mediating processes linking LMX to its various ante-cedent and outcome correlates.

Theoretical Implications and Future ResearchDirections

Findings of this study have several implications for futureresearch on LMX in a global work environment. First, our currentfindings demonstrate that cultural configurations of horizontalindividualism and vertical collectivism moderate relationshipswithin the nomological network of LMX. Future research should

Table 3Results of Moderator Analysis of National Culture on Construct Variances

Variable N k

Variance

�2 SE �2 95% CI QR

Leader–member exchangeHorizontal individualism 47,131 193 0.83 0.02 [0.79, 0.87]Vertical collectivism 15,703 58 0.79 0.04 [0.72, 0.86] .88

Outcome correlatesTask performance

Horizontal individualism 19,997 86 0.76 0.03 [0.70, 0.83]Vertical collectivism 2,577 12 0.63 0.08 [0.47, 0.80] 1.98

Organizational citizenship behaviorHorizontal individualism 11,356 58 0.75 0.04 [0.68, 0.82]Vertical collectivism 5,179 21 0.76 0.06 [0.64, 0.87] .00

Distributive justiceHorizontal individualism 4,885 22 1.26 0.09 [1.08, 1.44]Vertical collectivism 2,351 12 1.17 0.12 [0.93, 1.41] .36

Procedural justiceHorizontal individualism 4,651 21 1.11 0.08 [0.96, 1.27]Vertical collectivism 2,793 12 0.75 0.10 [0.56, 0.94] 8.40��

Interactional justiceHorizontal individualism 3,745 14 1.07 0.11 [0.86, 1.29]Vertical collectivism 1,266 5 1.10 0.16 [0.79, 1.42] .02

Job satisfactionHorizontal individualism 15,135 64 0.85 0.04 [0.77, 0.93]Vertical collectivism 4,371 18 0.80 0.08 [0.64, 0.96] .46

Affective commitmentHorizontal individualism 15,392 61 0.90 0.04 [0.81, 0.98]Vertical collectivism 6,522 21 0.82 0.07 [0.69, 0.96] .79

Normative commitmentHorizontal individualism 1,412 7 1.14 0.14 [0.87, 1.42]Vertical collectivism 1,075 5 0.85 0.16 [0.54, 1.16] 1.92

Turnover intentionsHorizontal individualism 12,767 42 2.01 0.10 [1.82, 2.20]Vertical collectivism 2,607 10 1.48 0.19 [1.11, 1.86] 5.94�

Antecedent correlatesTransformational leadership

Horizontal individualism 4,561 18 0.83 0.04 [0.74, 0.92]Vertical collectivism 2,247 9 0.45 0.06 [0.34, 0.57] 25.36��

Leader trustHorizontal individualism 4,084 15 0.77 0.09 [0.58, 0.95]Vertical collectivism 551 3 1.50 0.23 [1.05, 1.95] 8.78��

Note. N � combined sample size; k � number of variances; �2 � estimated true variance; CI � confidence interval; QR � Q statistic (Hedges & Olkin,1985) for quantitative (regression) model with variance as dependent variable and national culture (0 � horizontal individualism; 1 � vertical collectivism)as independent variable.� p � .05. �� p � .01.

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therefore include subordinates’ cultural values of horizontal indi-vidualism and vertical collectivism in the design to see whethereffects at the individual level are similar to what we found at thenational level.

Second, our current findings on moderating effects involvingnational culture highlight the possible cultural boundaries of ex-change processes between leaders and subordinates. Echoing re-cent recommendations by Shore, Coyle-Shapiro, Chen, and Tetrick(2009) for research to examine content and processes of socialexchanges across cultures, we urge future studies to compare LMXcross-culturally, in terms of content. For instance, future researchcould examine the degree to which LMX involve primarily workor nonwork exchanges of social and economic benefits. Law et al.(2000) suggested that whereas in the United States LMX areprimarily work related, in China they involve mainly nonworkexchanges of social and economic benefits. Our pattern of resultsalong with suggestions by these researchers suggests a need formore nuanced approaches to understanding the influence of cultureon LMX.

Third, future research could assess the reciprocity process (e.g.,Uhl-Bien & Maslyn, 2003; J. B. Wu et al., 2006) across cultures tobetter understand the underlying mechanisms by which cultureaffects LMX. Drawing on Sahlins’s (1972) reciprocity typology,J. B. Wu et al. (2006) distinguished balanced reciprocity andgeneralized reciprocity. The focus on mutual benefit in balancedreciprocity suggests that this reciprocity process may be moreprevalent in individualistic cultures where people emphasize thepursuit of mutual interest of both parties to the exchange. Thefocus on other-interest in generalized reciprocity, where there isbeneficial treatment provided with no expectation of a return,suggests that this reciprocity process may be more prevalent incollectivistic cultures where people emphasize the pursuit of col-lective interests. Having a more in-depth understanding of theunderlying mechanisms of exchange can in turn offer more preciseinsights on how to assist leaders in developing constructive ex-change relationships with culturally diverse subordinates, thusensuring their effectiveness.

Strengths and Limitations

A methodological strength of our study is our examination ofresponse style differences and associated range restrictions acrosscultures. Range restrictions across cultures can be due to methodolog-ical artifacts such as less extreme responding (Harzing, 2006; T.Johnson et al., 2005) or to substantial cultural differences such astightness–looseness norms that reduce variability in behavior (Gel-fand, Nishii, & Raver, 2006; Gelfand et al., 2011). We suggestedprocedures that allow meta-analysts to detect range restrictions acrosscultures or moderator categories in general. By applying appropriatecorrection procedures, our study offers a unique opportunity to ex-amine the degree to which range restrictions account for observeddifferences in the relationship strengths across cultures. Hence, thisarticle provides a methodological improvement over previous meta-analyses that have not considered range restriction as an alternativeexplanation when comparing relationships across cultures.

One limitation of our study is that we included a smaller set ofLMX correlates than prior meta-analyses. This was due to the rela-tively small number of cross-cultural, non-U.S., studies available.Thus, future research should continue to examine other LMX corre-lates cross-culturally. Another limitation to our meta-analysis is aninability to examine construct equivalence for the variables in ourstudy across the two cultures. According to van de Vijver and Leung(1997), meaningful cross-cultural comparisons require support forconstruct equivalence across cultures. Common empirical approachesto testing construct equivalence (e.g., Vandenberg & Lance, 2000)require estimates of the covariances between items. Unfortunately,this information is usually not available in primary studies. As aconsequence, change in construct meaning across cultures is an alter-native explanation for our findings. Future research should ascertainwhether our findings can be replicated in carefully controlled designsthat ensure construct equivalence.

Practical Implications

For leaders operating in a global context, our findings havevaluable implications for when establishing personal relationships

Table 4Results of Moderator Analysis of National Culture on Relationships Between Leader–Member Exchange (LMX) and Correlates WithRange Restriction Correction

LMX correlate N k kc r � SD� t

Procedural justiceHorizontal individualism 4,651 21 2 .55 .63 .19Vertical collectivism 2,793 12 7 .42 .54 .11 1.73*

Turnover intentionsHorizontal individualism 13,583 46 3 �.33 �.40 .09Vertical collectivism 3,028 12 4 �.20 �.26 .15 2.97**

Transformational leadershipHorizontal individualism 4,561 18 3 .65 .72 .17Vertical collectivism 2,247 9 7 .55 .84 .18 1.62

Leader trustHorizontal individualism 4,084 15 2 .55 .72 .27Vertical collectivism 551 3 2 .42 .25 .17 3.89**

Note. N � combined sample size; k � number of correlations; kc � number of countries; r � mean uncorrected correlation; � � estimated true scorecorrelation corrected for measurement error and range restriction; t � t-test statistic for differences in true correlations between countries withconfigurations of horizontal individualism and vertical collectivism.* p � .05. ** p � .01.

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with members is particularly important to achieve positive out-comes for their organizations. Consistent with previous LMXresearch, our results suggest that establishing high-quality LMXrelationships leads to many positive outcomes in horizontal-individualistic cultures (Gerstner & Day, 1997; Ilies et al., 1997).By contrast, leaders in vertical-collectivistic cultures may be lessable to achieve these outcomes through LMX and may be betterserved by also relying on role-based loyalty (Jiang & Cheng, 2008)and deference (Wasti & Can, 2008) from subordinates.

Our findings therefore underscore the importance for globalleaders to adapt their approaches to building relationships withmulticultural subordinates in order to be effective. Leaders fromhorizontal-individualistic cultures may not always need to put asmuch emphasis on developing personalized exchange relationshipswhen interacting with vertical-collectivistic subordinates. Rather,they can also draw on their role-based authority. Leaders fromvertical-collectivistic cultures on the other hand should be awarethat they may need to make a greater effort to develop personalizedexchange relationships when interacting with horizontal-individualistic subordinates instead of relying primarily on theirrole-based authority.

As a result, careful selection, grooming, and development ofleaders who can operate effectively in our globalized environmentis a pressing need for contemporary organizations (Avolio,Walumbwa, & Weber, 2009). Notably, the competencies thatmake leaders effective in domestic settings may differ forleaders in cross-border settings (Rockstuhl, Seiler, Ang, VanDyne, & Annen, 2011). Avolio et al. (2009) suggested thatleaders with high cultural intelligence (CQ)—the capability tofunction and manage effectively in culturally diverse settings(Ang et al., 2007; Earley & Ang, 2003)—are better able tomanage culturally diverse expectations of their followers. Thus,when leaders work extensively in international or cross-bordersettings, organizations should emphasize development of cross-cultural capabilities, such as CQ.

Conclusion

We meta-analyzed relationships between LMX and commonlystudied correlates to examine the role of national culture in LMXresearch. Results based on 282 independent samples (N � 68,587)from 23 countries indicate that national culture moderates relation-ships between LMX and commonly studied correlates. Specifi-cally, relationships of LMX with OCB, justice perceptions, jobsatisfaction, turnover intentions, and leader trust are stronger inhorizontal-individualistic than in vertical-collectivistic cultureseven after controlling for response style differences. These find-ings support our hypothesis that although members in both culturesare sensitive to how leaders treat them, members’ responses invertical-collectivistic cultures are also more likely to be influencedby collective interests and role-based loyalty. Yet, results alsoshow that national culture does not influence relationships of LMXwith task performance, organizational commitment, and transfor-mational leadership. Taken together, our results provide timelyinsights to the cultural assumptions of LMX theory and suggest thecriticality of further research exploring the role of culture onleader–member relations.

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Moderator coding LMX/correlate

Country HI/VCVari-able r � Var

Anand et al. (2010) 246 India VC LMX .90 1.08Anand et al. (2010) 246 India VC OCB .18 .62 1.00Anderson & Williams (1996) 465 United States HI LMX .90 0.56Anderson & Williams (1996) 465 United States HI OCB .36 .94 0.71Andrews & Kacmar (2001) 418 United States HI LMX .90 0.98Andrews & Kacmar (2001) 418 United States HI DJ .26 .93 1.10Andrews & Kacmar (2001) 418 United States HI PJ .30 .82 0.58Aryee & Chen (2006) 237 China VC LMX .82Aryee & Chen (2006) 237 China VC TP .31 .83Aryee & Chen (2006) 237 China VC JS .50 .89Aryee & Chen (2006) 237 China VC TI �.35 .91Ballinger et al. (2010) 496 United States HI LMX .95 0.79Ballinger et al. (2010) 496 United States HI TI �.43 .89 1.61Barbuto & Wheeler (2006) 388 United States HI LMX .89 0.48Barbuto & Wheeler (2006) 388 United States HI TL .38 .89 0.42Basu (1991) 289 United States HI LMX .89 0.71Basu (1991) 289 United States HI TP .22 .85 0.17Basu (1991) 289 United States HI AC .35 .83 0.49Basu (1991) 289 United States HI TL .70 .93 0.64Basu & Green (1995) 225 United States HI LMX .89 0.71Basu & Green (1995) 225 United States HI OCB .22 .93 0.50Basu & Green (1995) 225 United States HI AC .35 .89 0.49Basu & Green (1995) 225 United States HI TL .70 .93 0.64Bauer et al. (2006) 67 United States HI LMX .90 0.59Bauer et al. (2006) 67 United States HI TP .33 .91 0.55Bauer et al. (2006) 67 United States HI TI �.02 .87 0.76Bauer & Green (1996) 311 United States HI LMX .94 1.51Bauer & Green (1996) 311 United States HI TP .57 .95 1.59Bernerth (2005) 195 United States HI LMX .90 1.19Bernerth (2005) 195 United States HI TP .16 .93 0.79Bernerth (2005) 195 United States HI OCB .14 .92 0.27Bernerth (2005) 195 United States HI JS .43 .88 1.30Bernerth (2005) 195 United States HI AC .46 .89 1.66Bernerth (2005) 195 United States HI TI �.29 .87 2.56Bettencourt (2004), Sample 1 630 United States HI LMX .89 2.02Bettencourt (2004), Sample 1 630 United States HI AC .44 .89 1.32Bettencourt (2004), Sample 1 630 United States HI TL .88 .93 2.25Bettencourt (2004), Sample 2 183 United States HI LMX .89 2.02Bettencourt (2004), Sample 2 183 United States HI OCB .25 .92 0.45Bhal (2006) 306 India VC LMX .91 0.53Bhal (2006) 306 India VC OCB .17 .63 0.25Bhal (2006) 306 India VC DJ .16 .78 0.88

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Bhal (2006) 306 India VC PJ .41 .78 0.44Bhal (2006) 306 India VC IJ .38 .80 0.34Bhal & Ansari (2007) 295 India VC LMX .90 0.61Bhal & Ansari (2007) 295 India VC DJ .10 .77 0.88Bhal & Ansari (2007) 295 India VC PJ .32 .77 0.42Bhal & Ansari (2007) 295 India VC JS .22 .86 0.76Bhal & Ansari (2007) 295 India VC AC .21 .75 0.30Bhal et al. (2009) 306 India VC LMX .88a 0.61Bhal et al. (2009) 306 India VC OCB .16 .63 0.25G. Blau (1988) 69 United States HI LMX .87 0.64G. Blau (1988) 69 United States HI TP .30 .74 0.69G. Blau (1988) 69 United States HI AC .33 .89 0.45Botero (2005), Sample 1 123 United States HI LMX .95 1.39Botero (2005), Sample 1 123 United States HI OCB .49 .90 1.35Botero (2005), Sample 1 123 United States HI JS .43 .91 1.99Botero (2005), Sample 2 147 Colombia VC LMX .93 1.28Botero (2005), Sample 2 147 Colombia VC OCB .39 .85 1.46Botero (2005), Sample 2 147 Colombia VC JS .31 .80 1.30Boulanger (2008) 168 United States HI LMX .91 2.26Boulanger (2008) 168 United States HI TP .14 .93 0.52Boulanger (2008) 168 United States HI LT .54 .92 0.29Bowman (2010) 128 United States HI LMX .93 0.96Bowman (2010) 128 United States HI TI �.29 .91 2.92Brandes et al. (2004) 129 United States HI LMX .93 1.51Brandes et al. (2004) 129 United States HI TP .38 .93 0.94Brandes et al. (2004) 129 United States HI OCB .39 .93 1.17Brouer (2007) 79 United States HI LMX .79 0.40Brouer (2007) 79 United States HI OCB .37 .82 0.14Brouer (2007) 79 United States HI AC .42 .91 0.45Brouer (2007) 79 United States HI LT .80 .91 0.37Brunetto et al. (2010) 1,064 Australia HI LMX .93 0.64Brunetto et al. (2010) 1,064 Australia HI AC .42 .87 1.00Butler (2010) 397 United States HI LMX .93 1.14Butler (2010) 397 United States HI JS .50 .76 0.64Butler (2010) 397 United States HI AC .49 .93 1.23Butler (2010) 397 United States HI TI �.46 .86 0.96Carter (2010) 49 United States HI LMX .90a 0.83Carter (2010) 49 United States HI OCB .08 .88 0.77Castleberry & Tanner (1989) 45 United States HI LMX .88Castleberry & Tanner (1989) 45 United States HI AC .44 .86a

Chan (2004) 147 United States HI LMX .87 1.00Chan (2004) 147 United States HI AC .50 .68 3.17Chan (2004) 147 United States HI NC .17 .63 3.20Chan (2004) 147 United States HI JS .45 .89 1.25Chang (2005) 428 United States HI LMX .91Chang (2005) 428 United States HI TI �.36 .89 1.42Y. Chen et al. (2009) 209 China VC LMX .95 0.88Y. Chen et al. (2009) 209 China VC AC .51 .89 0.86Y. Chen et al. (2009) 209 China VC TI �.06 .89 1.44Z. Chen et al. (2007) 238 China VC LMX .81 0.24Z. Chen et al. (2007) 238 China VC TP .23 .86 1.04Z. X. Chen et al. (2008) 273 China VC LMX .75 0.52Z. X. Chen et al. (2008) 273 China VC TP .25 .96Z. X. Chen et al. (2008) 273 China VC OCB .21 .88 1.25Z. X. Chen et al. (2008) 273 China VC AC .20 .74 0.94Chi & Lo (2003) 104 Taiwan VC LMX .92 0.86Chi & Lo (2003) 104 Taiwan VC DJ .15 .70 0.56Chi & Lo (2003) 104 Taiwan VC PJ .38 .86 0.29Chuang & Shen (2008) 184 Taiwan VC LMX .84Chuang & Shen (2008) 184 Taiwan VC AC .29 .85

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Chuang & Shen (2008) 184 Taiwan VC TI �.32 .85Clemens et al. (2009) 188 United States HI LMX .95 0.98Clemens et al. (2009) 188 United States HI JS .74 .83 0.23Clemens et al. (2009) 188 United States HI TI �.41 .89 3.69Cogliser et al. (2009) 285 United States HI LMX .92 0.67Cogliser et al. (2009) 285 United States HI TP .35 .94 1.12Cogliser et al. (2009) 285 United States HI JS .60 .91 0.34Cogliser et al. (2009) 285 United States HI AC .37 .90 0.56Collins & George (2010) 1,024 United States HI LMX .89 0.69Collins & George (2010) 1,024 United States HI JS .71 .93 0.42Collins & George (2010) 1,024 United States HI TI �.44 .76 0.83Connell (2005) 131 United States HI LMX .90 0.58Connell (2005) 131 United States HI OCB .27 .88 1.19Connell (2005) 131 United States HI TL .77 .90 0.98DeConinck (2009) 419 United States HI LMX .95 1.27DeConinck (2009) 419 United States HI AC .44 .87 0.28DeConinck (2009) 419 United States HI TI �.34 .30 0.57DeConinck (2011) 365 United States HI LMX .93 0.57DeConinck (2011) 365 United States HI TP .40 .76 0.93DeConinck (2011) 365 United States HI AC .55 .87 0.61DeConinck (2011) 365 United States HI TI �.37 .82 2.56Deluga (1992) 145 United States HI LMX .92 0.58Deluga (1992) 145 United States HI TL .84 .97 0.85Deluga (1998) 123 United States HI LMX .88 1.32Deluga (1998) 123 United States HI TP .25 .94 0.98Deluga (1998) 123 United States HI OCB .28 .93 0.58Deluga & Perry (1994) 152 United States HI LMX .91 0.23Deluga & Perry (1994) 152 United States HI TP .35 .89 0.71DelVecchio (1998) 155 United States HI LMX .85 1.27DelVecchio (1998) 155 United States HI TP .07 .81Dolden (2001) 98 United States HI LMX .94 1.49Dolden (2001) 98 United States HI AC .55 .88 2.13Dolden (2001) 98 United States HI NC .51 .83 1.39Dolden (2001) 98 United States HI CC �.20 .83 1.61Dolden (2001) 98 United States HI JS .66 .93 0.42Dolden (2001) 98 United States HI TI �.48 .94 2.82Duarte et al. (1993) 367 United States HI LMX .82 1.43Duarte et al. (1993) 367 United States HI TP .23 .89a 1.99Duarte et al. (1994) 261 United States HI LMX .82 0.47Duarte et al. (1994) 261 United States HI TP .23 .82 2.53Dunegan (2003) 193 United States HI LMX .92 0.80Dunegan (2003) 193 United States HI JS .46 .79 1.17Dunegan (2003) 193 United States HI AC .53 .86 1.02Dunegan (2003) 193 United States HI TI �.35 .84 3.24Dunegan et al. (1992) 152 United States HI LMX .79 0.54Dunegan et al. (1992) 152 United States HI TP .38 .95 1.01Dunegan et al. (2002) 146 United States HI LMX .79 0.54Dunegan et al. (2002) 146 United States HI TP .36 .95 1.05Eisenberger et al. (2010), Sample 1 251 United States HI LMX .87 0.96Eisenberger et al. (2010), Sample 1 251 United States HI TP .23 .92 1.46Eisenberger et al. (2010), Sample 1 251 United States HI OCB .19 .94 1.66Eisenberger et al. (2010), Sample 1 251 United States HI AC .33 .87 1.82Eisenberger et al. (2010), Sample 2 346 Portugal VC LMX .84 0.81Eisenberger et al. (2010), Sample 2 346 Portugal VC TP .28 .81 0.96Eisenberger et al. (2010), Sample 2 346 Portugal VC OCB .35 .91 1.04Eisenberger et al. (2010), Sample 2 346 Portugal VC AC .56 .83 1.54Elicker et al. (2006) 188 United States HI LMX .88 0.42

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CountryHI/VC Variable r � Var

Elicker et al. (2006) 188 United States HI TP .26 .71 0.08Elicker et al. (2006) 188 United States HI DJ .45 .95 0.83Elicker et al. (2006) 188 United States HI PJ .50 .95 1.74Elicker et al. (2006) 188 United States HI IJ .51 .89 1.06Epitropaki & Martin (1999) 73 England HI LMX .92Epitropaki & Martin (1999) 73 England HI JS .71 .90Epitropaki & Martin (1999) 73 England HI AC .39 .76Epitropaki & Martin (2005) 439 England HI LMX .91 0.77Epitropaki & Martin (2005) 439 England HI JS .60 .75 1.28Epitropaki & Martin (2005) 439 England HI AC .33 .84 1.39Erdogan (2002), Sample 1 261 United States HI LMX .90 1.14Erdogan (2002), Sample 1 261 United States HI DJ .40 .60 1.66Erdogan (2002), Sample 1 261 United States HI PJ .64 .89 1.85Erdogan (2002), Sample 1 261 United States HI IJ .74 .96 1.69Erdogan (2002), Sample 2 181 United States HI LMX .94 1.59Erdogan (2002), Sample 2 181 United States HI TP .40 .92 0.81Erdogan (2002), Sample 2 181 United States HI OCB .45 .91 1.64Erdogan (2002), Sample 2 181 United States HI DJ .57 .96 1.61Erdogan (2002), Sample 2 181 United States HI PJ .53 .92 1.51Erdogan (2002), Sample 2 181 United States HI IJ .80 .84 1.85Erdogan (2002), Sample 2 181 United States HI JS .34 .61 1.44Erdogan (2002), Sample 2 181 United States HI TI �.49 .95 2.50Erdogan & Bauer (2010) 276 Turkey VC LMX .93 1.66Erdogan & Bauer (2010) 276 Turkey VC OCB .28 .88 0.96Erdogan & Bauer (2010) 276 Turkey VC DJ .47 .84 1.96Erdogan & Bauer (2010) 276 Turkey VC PJ .66 .84 1.49Erdogan & Bauer (2010) 276 Turkey VC AC .40 .88 1.35Erdogan & Bauer (2010) 276 Turkey VC JS .37 .81 0.79Erdogan & Enders (2007) 248 United States HI LMX .95 1.59Erdogan & Enders (2007) 248 United States HI TP .14 .92 0.79Erdogan & Enders (2007) 248 United States HI JS .43 .89 2.31Erdogan et al. (2004) 520 Turkey VC LMX .94 1.59Erdogan et al. (2004) 520 Turkey VC JS .29 .83 1.64Erdogan & Liden (2006) 100 Turkey VC LMX .92 1.46Erdogan & Liden (2006) 100 Turkey VC DJ .32 .94 2.04Erdogan & Liden (2006) 100 Turkey VC IJ .76 .90 1.82Erdogan et al. (2006) 263 Turkey VC LMX .94 1.49Erdogan et al. (2006) 263 Turkey VC DJ .45 .87 2.66Erdogan et al. (2006) 263 Turkey VC IJ .77 .95 1.82Erwing & Lee (2009) 183 United States HI LMX .89 0.76Erwing & Lee (2009) 183 United States HI TL .77 .88 0.70Fernandez & Vecchio (1997) 332 United States HI LMX .93 0.74Fernandez & Vecchio (1997) 332 United States HI TP .26 .92 0.69Foosiri (2002) 242 Thailand VC LMX .83 0.61Foosiri (2002) 242 Thailand VC AC .20 .86a 0.23Foosiri (2002) 242 Thailand VC NC .11 .81a 0.40Foosiri (2002) 242 Thailand VC CC �.08 .72a 0.31Francis (2010) 158 United States HI LMX .90a

Francis (2010) 158 United States HI TI �.55 .86a

Gaa (2010) 78 United States HI LMX .85Gaa (2010) 78 United States HI OCB .42 .90Gandolfo (2006) 186 United States HI LMX .92 1.31Gandolfo (2006) 186 United States HI TP .26 .90 0.26Gandolfo (2006) 186 United States HI AC .53 .87 0.66Ghosh (2009) 166 United States HI LMX .92 0.85Ghosh (2009) 166 United States HI OCB .07 .66 0.79Ghosh (2009) 166 United States HI AC .23 .83 0.94Ghosh (2009) 166 United States HI JS .18 .74 0.45Ghosh (2009) 166 United States HI TI �.12 .68 0.71

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CountryHI/VC Variable r � Var

Glibkowski (2009) 158 United States HI LMX .86 0.71Glibkowski (2009) 158 United States HI OCB .20 .72 0.35Goertzen (2003) 94 United States HI LMX .94 1.37Goertzen (2003) 94 United States HI LT .15 .76 0.22Golden (2006) 294 United States HI LMX .86 0.58Golden (2006) 294 United States HI JS .36 .88 1.21Gómez & Rosen (2001) 128 United States HI LMX .90 0.61Gómez & Rosen (2001) 128 United States HI LT .47 .93 0.37Graen et al. (1973), Sample 1 202 United States HI LMX .90a

Graen et al. (1973), Sample 1 202 United States HI TP .40 .79Graen et al. (1973), Sample 1 202 United States HI JS .58 .80Graen et al. (1973), Sample 2 340 United States HI LMX .90a

Graen et al. (1973), Sample 2 340 United States HI TP .43 .79Graen et al. (1973), Sample 2 340 United States HI JS .47 .80Green et al. (1996) 208 United States HI LMX .89 0.62Green et al. (1996) 208 United States HI AC .45 .91 0.83Green et al. (1983) 104 United States HI LMX .84Green et al. (1983) 104 United States HI TP �.04 .96Green et al. (1983) 104 United States HI JS .53 .78Green et al. (1983) 104 United States HI AC .43 .86Greenwood (2000) 78 United States HI LMX .93 0.76Greenwood (2000) 78 United States HI TP .16 .89 0.81Greenwood (2000) 78 United States HI OCB .35 .61 1.99Greguras & Ford (2006) 422 United States HI LMX .90 0.36Greguras & Ford (2006) 422 United States HI TP .19 .68 0.58Greguras & Ford (2006) 422 United States HI OCB .22 .94 0.71Greguras & Ford (2006) 422 United States HI AC .53 .83 0.64Grosvenor (2005) 318 Canada HI LMX .91 0.67Grosvenor (2005) 318 Canada HI TL .84 .91 0.56Grosvenor (2005) 318 Canada HI LT .70 .67 0.56Gupta & Krishnan (2004) 102 India VC LMX .78 0.53Gupta & Krishnan (2004) 102 India VC TL .02 .78 0.07Gutknecht (2004), Sample 1 130 Switzerland HI LMX .91Gutknecht (2004), Sample 1 130 Switzerland HI JS .56 .78Gutknecht (2004), Sample 1 130 Switzerland HI TI �.41 .78Gutknecht (2004), Sample 2 483 Switzerland HI LMX .93Gutknecht (2004), Sample 2 483 Switzerland HI JS .42 .76Gutknecht (2004), Sample 2 483 Switzerland HI TI �.34 .79Hansen (2010), Sample 1 201 United States HI LMX .89 1.30Hansen (2010), Sample 1 201 United States HI AC .68 .91 0.74Hansen (2010), Sample 1 201 United States HI LT .69 .81 0.55Hansen (2010), Sample 2 58 United States HI LMX .83 1.10Hansen (2010), Sample 2 58 United States HI TP .24 .85 0.18Hansen (2010), Sample 2 58 United States HI OCB .06 .84 0.27Harris (2004), Sample 1 466 United States HI LMX .93 0.72Harris (2004), Sample 1 466 United States HI JS .39 .71 0.38Harris (2004), Sample 2 418 United States HI LMX .90 0.98Harris (2004), Sample 2 418 United States HI JS .43 .68 0.61Harris et al. (2007) 136 United States HI LMX .89 1.19Harris et al. (2007) 136 United States HI JS .23 .88 1.17Harris & Kacmar (2006), Sample 1 120 United States HI LMX .89 0.67Harris & Kacmar (2006), Sample 1 120 United States HI JS .15 .88 0.83Harris & Kacmar (2006), Sample 2 418 United States HI LMX .90 0.98Harris & Kacmar (2006), Sample 2 418 United States HI JS .42 .68 0.98Harris & Kacmar (2005) 1,255 United States HI LMX .93 0.98Harris & Kacmar (2005) 1,255 United States HI TP .15 .81 0.24Harris et al. (2005), Sample 1 402 United States HI LMX .90 0.96Harris et al. (2005), Sample 1 402 United States HI JS .42 .73 0.61Harris et al. (2005), Sample 1 402 United States HI TI �.39 .85 2.28Harris et al. (2005), Sample 2 183 United States HI LMX .88 1.99

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Harris et al. (2005), Sample 2 183 United States HI JS .55 .73 0.61Harris et al. (2005), Sample 2 183 United States HI TI �.25 .86a 4.20Harris et al. (2009), Sample 1 244 United States HI LMX .94 0.77Harris et al. (2009), Sample 1 244 United States HI JS .40 .89 0.55Harris et al. (2009), Sample 1 244 United States HI TI �.28 .92 1.56Harris et al. (2009), Sample 2 158 United States HI LMX .92 0.38Harris et al. (2009), Sample 2 158 United States HI TP .15 .71 0.37Harris et al. (2009), Sample 2 158 United States HI OCB .12 .81 0.56Heck et al. (2005) 312 United States HI LMX .90 0.60Heck et al. (2005) 312 United States HI DJ .66 .94 0.98Heck et al. (2005) 312 United States HI PJ .81 .88 0.50Heck et al. (2005) 312 United States HI AC .61 .80 0.52Heck et al. (2005) 312 United States HI JS .64 .80 0.50Henderson (2009) 245 United States HI LMX .94 1.25Henderson (2009) 245 United States HI AC .24 .92 1.14Henderson (2009) 245 United States HI JS .30 .81 0.98Henderson et al. (2008) 278 United States HI LMX .89 2.07Henderson et al. (2008) 278 United States HI TP .29 .90 1.72Hepperlen (2002) 196 United States HI LMX .94 1.83Hepperlen (2002) 196 United States HI TP .23 .92 0.81Hepperlen (2002) 196 United States HI OCB .22 .93 1.21Hepperlen (2002) 196 United States HI JS .36 .89 0.37Hepperlen (2002) 196 United States HI TI �.29 .86 3.61Hochwarter (2003) 131 United States HI LMX .90a 0.64Hochwarter (2003) 131 United States HI JS .33 .74 0.71Hochwarter (2003) 131 United States HI AC .53 .74 0.52Hofmann et al. (2003) 127 United States HI LMX .94 0.72Hofmann et al. (2003) 127 United States HI OCB .40 .96 0.72Holcomb (2009) 163 United States HI LMX .90Holcomb (2009) 163 United States HI AC .35 .89Holcomb (2009) 163 United States HI NC .37 .85Holcomb (2009) 163 United States HI CC .06 .77Hoover (2009), Sample 1 230 United States HI LMX .90 0.69Hoover (2009), Sample 1 230 United States HI JS .45 .90 1.06Hoover (2009), Sample 1 230 United States HI AC .39 .86 0.50Hoover (2009), Sample 2 100 United States HI LMX .90 0.69Hoover (2009), Sample 2 100 United States HI TP .06 .91 0.59Hoover (2009), Sample 2 100 United States HI OCB .16 .75 0.59Howell & Hall-Merenda (1999) 317 Canada HI LMX .80 0.45Howell & Hall-Merenda (1999) 317 Canada HI TP .24 .89a 0.18Howell & Hall-Merenda (1999) 317 Canada HI TL .53 .89 0.59Hrivnak (2009) 114 United States HI LMX .88 0.44Hrivnak (2009) 114 United States HI TP .20 .95 0.61Hrivnak (2009) 114 United States HI OCB .19 .92 0.96Hrivnak (2009) 114 United States HI JS .48 .92 1.72Hsiung & Tsai (2009) 184 Taiwan VC LMX .84 0.31Hsiung & Tsai (2009) 184 Taiwan VC TP .29 .96 0.67Hu et al. (2010) 215 India VC LMX .91 1.06Hu et al. (2010) 215 India VC OCB .19 .82 0.88Hui et al. (1999) 386 China VC LMX .73Hui et al. (1999) 386 China VC TP .11 .75Hui et al. (1999) 386 China VC OCB .21 .86a

Hui et al. (2004) 605 China VC LMX .86 1.00Hui et al. (2004) 605 China VC OCB .20 .85 0.28Hui et al. (2004) 605 China VC PJ .50 .92 1.64Hui et al. (2004) 605 China VC AC .53 .92 1.25Hutchison et al. (1998) 91 United States HI LMX .92 0.86Hutchison et al. (1998) 91 United States HI AC .54 .93 0.86Ishak & Alam (2009) 300 Malaysia VC LMX .94 1.30Ishak & Alam (2009) 300 Malaysia VC TP .17 .90 0.71

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Ishak & Alam (2009) 300 Malaysia VC OCB .18 .74 1.03Iyengar (2007) 105 United States HI LMX .83Iyengar (2007) 105 United States HI JS .54 .83Janssen & Van Yperen (2004) 170 Netherlands HI LMX .93 0.79Janssen & Van Yperen (2004) 170 Netherlands HI TP .34 .85 0.77Janssen & Van Yperen (2004) 170 Netherlands HI JS .37 .88 1.23Jenkins (2010) 160 United States HI LMX .94 0.94Jenkins (2010) 160 United States HI OCB .37 .66 0.81Jenkins (2010) 160 United States HI TL .63 .97 1.06Jiao (2007) 170 China VC LMX .91 0.52Jiao (2007) 170 China VC OCB .33 .94 0.22J. O. Johnson (2009), Sample 1 32 United States HI LMX .90a

J. O. Johnson (2009), Sample 1 32 United States HI JS .68 .84a

J. O. Johnson (2009), Sample 2 184 United States HI LMX .94 1.17J. O. Johnson (2009), Sample 2 184 United States HI JS .68 .92 0.61J. Johnson et al. (2009) 245 United States HI LMX .95J. Johnson et al. (2009) 245 United States HI TP .32 .89 0.24J. Johnson et al. (2009) 245 United States HI OCB .36 .56 0.38Jones et al. (1993) 113 United States HI LMX .90 0.64Jones et al. (1993) 113 United States HI JS .47 .67 1.00Jones et al. (1993) 113 United States HI AC .50 .85 0.49Jones et al. (1993) 113 United States HI TI �.21 .86a 1.69Joo (2010) 516 South Korea VC LMX .87 0.37Joo (2010) 516 South Korea VC AC .52 .86 0.53Joo (2010) 516 South Korea VC TI �.32 .87 0.88Judge & Ferris (1993) 81 United States HI LMX .83 0.72Judge & Ferris (1993) 81 United States HI TP .27 .67 0.45Kacmar et al. (1999) 196 United States HI LMX .92 1.04Kacmar et al. (1999) 196 United States HI DJ .45 .94 0.81Kacmar et al. (1999) 196 United States HI JS .36 .87 0.50Kacmar et al. (1999) 196 United States HI AC .41 .87 0.41Kacmar et al. (1999) 196 United States HI TI �.30 .86 0.96Kacmar et al. (2003), Sample 1 188 United States HI LMX .87 2.25Kacmar et al. (2003), Sample 1 188 United States HI TP .22 .91 0.81Kacmar et al. (2003), Sample 2 153 United States HI LMX .83 1.93Kacmar et al. (2003), Sample 2 153 United States HI TP .32 .91 1.00Kamdar & Van Dyne (2007) 230 United States HI LMX .91 1.61Kamdar & Van Dyne (2007) 230 United States HI TP .39 .91 1.96Kamdar & Van Dyne (2007) 230 United States HI OCB .42 .89 1.80Kang (2004) 296 South Korea VC LMX .85 0.29Kang (2004) 296 South Korea VC DJ .46 .84 0.42Kang (2004) 296 South Korea VC PJ .38 .87 0.42Kang (2004) 296 South Korea VC IJ .70 .90 0.62Karriker & Williams (2009) 217 United States HI LMX .90 0.59Karriker & Williams (2009) 217 United States HI OCB .34 .68 0.40Karriker & Williams (2009) 217 United States HI DJ .49 .68 0.97Karriker & Williams (2009) 217 United States HI PJ .58 .68 0.80Karriker & Williams (2009) 217 United States HI IJ .59 .92 0.59Karriker & Williams (2009) 217 United States HI AC .48 .93 0.72Keller & Dansereau (1995) 92 United States HI LMX .69 0.26Keller & Dansereau (1995) 92 United States HI TP .33 .92 0.61Keller & Dansereau (1995) 92 United States HI IJ .65 .93 0.77Keller & Dansereau (2001) 138 United States HI LMX .80Keller & Dansereau (2001) 138 United States HI TP .27 .89Kent & Chelladurai (2001) 75 United States HI LMX .91 0.52Kent & Chelladurai (2001) 75 United States HI AC .29 .80 0.71Kent & Chelladurai (2001) 75 United States HI NC .33 .82 0.96B. Kim et al. (2010), Sample 1 88 South Korea VC LMX .83 0.64B. Kim et al. (2010), Sample 1 88 South Korea VC TI �.25 .87 1.66B. Kim et al. (2010), Sample 2 232 South Korea VC LMX .83 0.71

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B. Kim et al. (2010), Sample 2 232 South Korea VC TI .07 .87 1.61S. K. Kim (2006) 238 United States HI LMX .97 3.86S. K. Kim (2006) 238 United States HI OCB .86 .96 3.31Kinicki & Vecchio (1994) 138 United States HI LMX .89 0.44Kinicki & Vecchio (1994) 138 United States HI AC .31 .91 0.52Klein & Kim (1998) 59 United States HI LMX .91 0.61Klein & Kim (1998) 59 United States HI TP .28 .83Ko (2005) 990 South Korea VC LMX .93 0.29Ko (2005) 990 South Korea VC TL .67 .92 0.13Kraimer et al. (2011) 198 United States HI LMX .94 1.32Kraimer et al. (2011) 198 United States HI TP .38 .82 0.48Kraimer et al. (2011) 198 United States HI AC .29 .86 1.23Kraimer et al. (2011) 198 United States HI JS .46 .84 1.30Kraimer & Wayne (2004) 230 United States HI LMX .93 0.90Kraimer & Wayne (2004) 230 United States HI TP .21 .86 0.61Kraimer & Wayne (2004) 230 United States HI OCB .22 .84 0.74Kraimer & Wayne (2004) 230 United States HI AC .22 .89 0.98Kraus (1999) 134 United States HI LMX .89 0.72Kraus (1999) 134 United States HI JS .46 .88 0.76Kraus (2002) 12 United States HI LMX .90 0.61Kraus (2002) 12 United States HI TP .26 .99 0.96Kraus (2002) 12 United States HI OCB .27 .96 1.30Krishnan (2004) 281 India VC LMX .77 0.35Krishnan (2004) 281 India VC TL .62 .88 0.52Krishnan (2005) 100 United States HI LMX .89 0.49Krishnan (2005) 100 United States HI TI �.50 .85 1.49Krishnan (2005) 100 United States HI TL .08 .98 0.81T. Lam (2003) 417 China VC LMX .88 0.49T. Lam (2003) 417 China VC JS .49 .84a 2.99T. Lam (2003) 417 China VC AC .52 .86 0.59T. Lam (2003) 417 China VC TI �.32 .84 5.11W. Lam et al. (2007) 240 China VC LMX .81 0.24W. Lam et al. (2007) 240 China VC TP .54 .87a

Law & Wong (1999) 224 China VC LMX .86 0.52Law & Wong (1999) 224 China VC JS .37 .88 0.72Law & Wong (1999) 224 China VC TI �.27 .81 1.00Law et al. (2000) 189 China VC LMX .87 1.59Law et al. (2000) 189 China VC TP .37 .91 1.20H. R. Lee (2000) 250 United States HI LMX .93 2.15H. R. Lee (2000) 250 United States HI DJ .86 .96 3.13H. R. Lee (2000) 250 United States HI PJ .90 .98 2.56H. R. Lee (2000) 250 United States HI JS .81 .95 1.90H. R. Lee (2000) 250 United States HI AC .56 .96 2.28H. R. Lee (2000) 250 United States HI TI �.39 .90 3.76H. R. Lee et al. (2010) 250 United States HI LMX .91 2.15H. R. Lee et al. (2010) 250 United States HI DJ .86 .96 3.14H. R. Lee et al. (2010) 250 United States HI PJ .90 .96 2.58H. R. Lee et al. (2010) 250 United States HI TI �.39 .91 3.77J. Lee (2001) 280 United States HI LMX .88 0.62J. Lee (2001) 280 United States HI DJ .29 .80 1.46J. Lee (2001) 280 United States HI PJ .68 .95 1.46J. Lee (2005) 201 Singapore VC LMX .90 2.02J. Lee (2005) 201 Singapore VC AC .61 .89 1.17J. Lee (2005) 201 Singapore VC NC .52 .85 1.42J. Lee (2005) 201 Singapore VC TL .68 .93 0.50M. Lee & Son (1999) 137 South Korea VC LMX .92 1.23M. Lee & Son (1999) 137 South Korea VC TP .24 .93 0.21Li et al. (2010) 200 China VC LMX .85 0.83Li et al. (2010) 200 China VC OCB .26 .90 0.35Li et al. (2010) 200 China VC PJ .35 .76 0.41

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Li et al. (2010) 200 China VC JS .51 .83 1.30H. Liao et al. (2010) 828 China VC LMX .89 1.14H. Liao et al. (2010) 828 China VC TP .25 .87a

S.-H. Liao et al. (2009) 303 Taiwan VC LMX .86 0.30S.-H. Liao et al. (2009) 303 Taiwan VC AC .45 .84 0.41S.-H. Liao et al. (2009) 303 Taiwan VC NC .29 .66 0.48S.-H. Liao et al. (2009) 303 Taiwan VC CC .14 .69 0.56S.-H. Liao et al. (2009) 303 Taiwan VC JS .46 .72 0.54Liden et al. (2006) 834 United States HI LMX .96 1.35Liden et al. (2006) 834 United States HI TP .23 .92Liden et al. (2000) 337 United States HI LMX .96 1.30Liden et al. (2000) 337 United States HI TP .12 .90 1.17Liden et al. (2000) 337 United States HI JS .30 .81 0.36Liden et al. (2000) 337 United States HI AC .36 .90 1.17Liden et al. (1993) 166 United States HI LMX .80 0.93Liden et al. (1993) 166 United States HI TP .24 .93 1.04Lindsay (2008) 418 United States HI LMX .88 0.53Lindsay (2008) 418 United States HI OCB .33 .92 0.67Lindsay (2008) 418 United States HI AC .20 .86 0.66Lindsay (2008) 418 United States HI NC .17 .82 0.59Lindsay (2008) 418 United States HI CC .08 .69 0.56Lindsay (2008) 418 United States HI JS .25 .87 0.38Lindsay (2008) 418 United States HI TI �.18 .71 0.66Lippstreu (2010) 263 United States HI LMX .90 0.50Lippstreu (2010) 263 United States HI TL .71 .94 0.42Lo et al. (2010) 156 Malaysia VC LMX .88 1.10Lo et al. (2010) 156 Malaysia VC AC .63 .93 1.51Lo et al. (2010) 156 Malaysia VC NC .79 .90 1.00Lo et al. (2010) 156 Malaysia VC CC .36 .67 1.02Lo et al. (2010) 156 Malaysia VC TL .80 .84 1.14Loi & Ngo (2009) 239 China VC LMX .87 0.96Loi & Ngo (2009) 239 China VC TP .01 .78 0.46Loi & Ngo (2009) 239 China VC OCB �.06 .82 0.62Loi et al. (2009) 239 China VC LMX .87 0.96Loi et al. (2009) 239 China VC AC .57 .84 0.98Loi et al. (2009) 239 China VC TI �.31 .90 1.90Major et al. (1995) 248 United States HI LMX .83 0.28Major et al. (1995) 248 United States HI JS .48 .90 0.29Major et al. (1995) 248 United States HI AC .48 .87 0.56Major et al. (1995) 248 United States HI TI �.25 .90 1.72Manogran et al. (1994) 282 United States HI LMX .91 0.50Manogran et al. (1994) 282 United States HI OCB .17 .93 1.12Manogran et al. (1994) 282 United States HI DJ .48 .89 1.02Manogran et al. (1994) 282 United States HI PJ .28 .81 0.79Manogran et al. (1994) 282 United States HI IJ .76 .91 1.06Manogran et al. (1994) 282 United States HI JS .61 .91 0.45Manogran et al. (1994) 282 United States HI AC .33 .91 1.66Markham et al. (2010) 82 United States HI LMX .91 1.30Markham et al. (2010) 82 United States HI TP .11 .92 0.74Martin (1999) 522 United States HI LMX .95 1.93Martin (1999) 522 United States HI LT .26 .72 0.67Maslyn & Fedor (1998) 513 United States HI LMX .92 0.59Maslyn & Fedor (1998) 513 United States HI OCB .24 .73 0.46Maslyn & Fedor (1998) 513 United States HI AC .42 .89 2.46Maslyn & Fedor (1998) 513 United States HI TI �.52 .87 4.49Masterson et al. (2000) 651 United States HI LMX .89 0.74Masterson et al. (2000) 651 United States HI TP .16 .89a 0.61Masterson et al. (2000) 651 United States HI OCB .27 .78 0.24Masterson et al. (2000) 651 United States HI IJ .67 .94

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Masterson et al. (2000) 651 United States HI JS .48 .84a 0.72Masterson et al. (2000) 651 United States HI AC .37 .74 0.64Masterson et al. (2000) 651 United States HI TI �.24 .77 0.98Mehta (2009) 330 India VC LMX .89 0.18Mehta (2009) 330 India VC AC .24 .87 0.81Mehta (2009) 330 India VC TI �.02 .89 1.04Mendez (1999) 200 United States HI LMX .93 0.74Mendez (1999) 200 United States HI TI �.09 .74 3.96Morrow et al. (2005) 207 United States HI LMX .94 0.76Morrow et al. (2005) 207 United States HI AC .46 .74 0.96S. E. Murphy & Ensher (1999) 54 United States HI LMX .91 0.60S. E. Murphy & Ensher (1999) 54 United States HI TP .37 .93 0.54S. E. Murphy & Ensher (1999) 54 United States HI JS .37 .80 0.41S. M. Murphy (1997) 156 United States HI LMX .88 0.74S. M. Murphy (1997) 156 United States HI TP .16 .88 0.88S. M. Murphy (1997) 156 United States HI OCB .47 .89 0.86S. M. Murphy (1997) 156 United States HI DJ .31 .94 2.04S. M. Murphy (1997) 156 United States HI PJ .51 .86 1.64S. M. Murphy (1997) 156 United States HI IJ .57 .96 1.80S. M. Murphy et al. (2003) 124 United States HI LMX .86 0.81S. M. Murphy et al. (2003) 124 United States HI DJ .37 .93 0.81S. M. Murphy et al. (2003) 124 United States HI IJ .64 .96 1.66Nahrgang et al. (2009) 330 United States HI LMX .92 0.30Nahrgang et al. (2009) 330 United States HI TP .29 .93Nathan et al. (1991) 292 United States HI LMX .92 1.69Nathan et al. (1991) 292 United States HI TP .18 .89a 1.54Nathan et al. (1991) 292 United States HI JS .21 .84a 1.66Novak (1984) 296 United States HI LMX .86 0.73Novak (1984) 296 United States HI LT .78 .96 0.77Nystrom (1990) 171 United States HI LMX .79 0.36Nystrom (1990) 171 United States HI AC .49 .90 1.21O’Donnell (2009), Sample 1 248 United States HI LMX .87 0.56O’Donnell (2009), Sample 1 248 United States HI TL .62 .89 1.33O’Donnell (2009), Sample 2 271 United States HI LMX .95 1.74O’Donnell (2009), Sample 2 271 United States HI TL .67 .94 1.38O’Driscoll & Beehr (1994) 136 New Zealand HI LMX .94 0.67O’Driscoll & Beehr (1994) 136 New Zealand HI JS .43 .86 0.61O’Driscoll & Beehr (1994) 136 New Zealand HI TI �.34 .93 2.28Paglis & Green (2002) 127 United States HI LMX .92 0.90Paglis & Green (2002) 127 United States HI TP .08 .92 0.59Paglis & Green (2002) 127 United States HI OCB .21 .87 0.62Palacios (2010) 99 United States HI LMX .93 1.34Palacios (2010) 99 United States HI JS .25 .88 0.59Pelled & Xin (2000), Sample 1 90 United States HI LMX .89 0.56Pelled & Xin (2000), Sample 1 90 United States HI TP .13 .88 0.41Pelled & Xin (2000), Sample 1 90 United States HI LT .49 .78 2.37Pelled & Xin (2000), Sample 2 195 Mexico VC LMX .78 0.56Pelled & Xin (2000), Sample 2 195 Mexico VC TP .22 .74 0.49Pelled & Xin (2000), Sample 2 195 Mexico VC LT .42 .61 1.88Pellegrini & Scandura (2006) 172 Turkey VC LMX .90 1.05Pellegrini & Scandura (2006) 172 Turkey VC JS .39 .86 0.86Pellegrini et al. (2010) 215 United States HI LMX .93 1.59Pellegrini et al. (2010) 207 India VC LMX .94 1.69Pellegrini et al. (2010) 207 India VC AC .44 .70 0.23Pellegrini et al. (2010) 215 United States HI AC .48 .83 0.67Pellegrini et al. (2010) 207 India VC JS .53 .92 0.28Pellegrini et al. (2010) 215 United States HI JS .59 .87 0.40Perizade & Sulaiman (2005) 613 Indonesia VC LMX .87 0.89Perizade & Sulaiman (2005) 613 Indonesia VC AC .43 .89 1.10

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Phillips & Bedeian (1994) 84 United States HI LMX .87 0.40Phillips & Bedeian (1994) 84 United States HI TP .26 .91 1.46Piccolo & Colquitt (2006) 283 United States HI LMX .93 0.88Piccolo & Colquitt (2006) 283 United States HI TP .31 .93 0.32Piccolo & Colquitt (2006) 283 United States HI OCB .38 .94 0.41Piccolo & Colquitt (2006) 283 United States HI TL .70 .96 0.76Pierce (2001), Sample 1 177 United States HI LMX .95Pierce (2001), Sample 1 177 United States HI OCB .36 .80Pierce (2001), Sample 2 298 United States HI LMX .98Pierce (2001), Sample 2 298 United States HI OCB .31 .91Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 1 80 India VC LMX .81 0.32Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 1 80 India VC DJ .26 .81 0.55Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 1 80 India VC PJ .40 .76 0.46Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 1 80 India VC JS .58 .85 0.27Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 1 80 India VC TL .59 .92 0.55Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 2 190 Saudi Arabia/Jordan VC LMX .84 0.45Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 2 190 Saudi Arabia/Jordan VC DJ .32 .72 0.59Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 2 190 Saudi Arabia/Jordan VC PJ .41 .76 0.50Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 2 190 Saudi Arabia/Jordan VC JS .43 .79 0.21Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 2 190 Saudi Arabia/Jordan VC TL .24 .87 0.69Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 3 85 Colombia VC LMX .86 0.44Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 3 85 Colombia VC DJ .40 .78 0.58Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 3 85 Colombia VC PJ .57 .89 0.74Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 3 85 Colombia VC JS .51 .80 0.26Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 3 85 Colombia VC TL .59 .78 0.66Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 4 240 United States HI LMX .89 0.50Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 4 240 United States HI DJ .29 .83 0.62Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 4 240 United States HI PJ .64 .88 0.76Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 4 240 United States HI JS .69 .87 0.48Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 4 240 United States HI TL .75 .94 0.88Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 5 160 Australia HI LMX .90 0.50Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 5 160 Australia HI DJ .38 .85 0.59Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 5 160 Australia HI PJ .64 .88 0.69Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 5 160 Australia HI JS .50 .77 0.45Pillai et al. (1999), Sample 5 160 Australia HI TL .69 .89 0.94Polly (2002) 348 United States HI LMX .92 0.49Polly (2002) 348 United States HI AC .35 .82 0.52Rahn (2010) 210 United States HI LMX .91 0.32Rahn (2010) 210 United States HI AC .49 .64 0.53Rahn (2010) 210 United States HI TI �.45 .92 1.44Rahn (2010) 210 United States HI TL .35 .95 0.61Ren (2007), Sample 1 173 China VC LMX .82 1.14Ren (2007), Sample 1 173 China VC DJ .29 .95 2.16Ren (2007), Sample 1 173 China VC PJ .43 .88 1.49Ren (2007), Sample 1 173 China VC IJ .49 .82 1.10Ren (2007), Sample 1 173 China VC AC .48 .72 0.94Ren (2007), Sample 1 173 China VC NC .49 .78 1.08Ren (2007), Sample 1 173 China VC CC .05 .79 0.86Ren (2007), Sample 1 173 China VC JS .47 .73 1.00Ren (2007), Sample 1 173 China VC LT .53 .63 0.45Ren (2007), Sample 2 263 United States HI LMX .89 0.52Ren (2007), Sample 2 263 United States HI DJ .24 .95 0.76Ren (2007), Sample 2 263 United States HI PJ .42 .85 0.35Ren (2007), Sample 2 263 United States HI IJ .62 .90 0.64Ren (2007), Sample 2 263 United States HI AC .47 .83 1.28Ren (2007), Sample 2 263 United States HI NC .33 .85 1.32Ren (2007), Sample 2 263 United States HI CC .04 .88 1.14Ren (2007), Sample 2 263 United States HI JS .42 .89 1.25

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CountryHI/VC Variable r � Var

Ren (2007), Sample 2 263 United States HI LT .63 .79 0.28Richins (2003) 330 United States HI LMX .86 1.46Richins (2003) 330 United States HI TP .42 .89 0.81Richins (2003) 330 United States HI OCB .43 .93 1.12Richins (2003) 330 United States HI AC .46 .76 1.59Richins (2003) 330 United States HI JS .39 .83 1.96Richins (2003) 330 United States HI TI �.36 .81 2.31Roch & Shanock (2006) 272 United States HI LMX .88 0.58Roch & Shanock (2006) 272 United States HI DJ .42 .97 1.04Roch & Shanock (2006) 272 United States HI PJ .50 .89 0.61Roch & Shanock (2006) 272 United States HI IJ .78 .83 0.67Sanchez (2002) 106 United States HI LMX .88 0.44Sanchez (2002) 106 United States HI TP .43 .94 0.56Sanchez (2002) 106 United States HI OCB .34 .88 0.53Sanchez (2002) 106 United States HI DJ .36 .93 0.64Sanchez (2002) 106 United States HI PJ .30 .89 0.50Sanchez (2002) 106 United States HI JS .62 .80 0.66Sanchez (2002) 106 United States HI AC .41 .85 0.56Sanchez (2002) 106 United States HI TI �.36 .81 1.12Sanchez (2002) 106 United States HI LT .41 .91 0.58Scandura et al. (1986) 58 United States HI LMX .86 0.53Scandura et al. (1986) 58 United States HI TP .36 .88 0.41Scandura & Pellegrini (2008) 228 United States HI LMX .89 0.50Scandura & Pellegrini (2008) 228 United States HI LT .29 .91 0.90Scandura & Schriesheim (1994) 183 United States HI LMX .86 0.44Scandura & Schriesheim (1994) 183 United States HI TP .27 .93 0.88Schaninger (2002) 210 United States HI LMX .93 1.06Schaninger (2002) 210 United States HI TP .10 .90 0.56Schaninger (2002) 210 United States HI OCB .18 .89 0.74Schaninger (2002) 210 United States HI JS .44 .79 1.77Schaninger (2002) 210 United States HI TI �.37 .85 2.46Schriesheim et al. (2000) 150 United States HI LMX .86 0.64Schriesheim et al. (2000) 150 United States HI TP .23 .77 0.66Schriesheim et al. (2000) 150 United States HI AC .75 .85 0.37Schriesheim et al. (1998) 106 United States HI LMX .82 0.33Schriesheim et al. (1998) 106 United States HI TP .39 .84 0.27Schriesheim et al. (1992), Sample 1 281 United States HI LMX .81 0.35Schriesheim et al. (1992), Sample 1 281 United States HI AC .43 .91Schriesheim et al. (1992), Sample 1 281 United States HI JS .63 .86Schriesheim et al. (1992), Sample 2 115 United States HI LMX .80 0.43Schriesheim et al. (1992), Sample 2 115 United States HI TP .40 .80Schriesheim et al. (1992), Sample 2 115 United States HI JS .43 .91Schyns et al. (2005), Sample 2 252 Germany HI LMX .84Schyns et al. (2005), Sample 2 252 Germany HI AC .63 .92Schyns et al. (2005), Sample 4 141 Germany HI LMX .89Schyns et al. (2005), Sample 4 141 Germany HI AC .44 .77Scott & Bruce (1994) 172 United States HI LMX .90 0.44Scott & Bruce (1994) 172 United States HI OCB .17 .89 0.71Seers (1989) 154 United States HI LMX .92 0.86Seers (1989) 154 United States HI TP .48 .89a

Seers (1989) 154 United States HI JS .37 .84a

Seers & Graen (1984) 101 United States HI LMX .89 0.40Seers & Graen (1984) 101 United States HI JS .56 .85Sekiguchi et al. (2008) 125 United States HI LMX .95 2.25Sekiguchi et al. (2008) 125 United States HI TP .44 .90 1.19Sekiguchi et al. (2008) 125 United States HI OCB .42 .83 1.17Settoon et al. (1996) 102 United States HI LMX .96 1.14Settoon et al. (1996) 102 United States HI TP .34 .89 0.31

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CountryHI/VC Variable r � Var

Settoon et al. (1996) 102 United States HI OCB .42 .81 0.36Settoon et al. (1996) 102 United States HI AC .36 .84 0.30Shalhoop (2004) 141 United States HI LMX .92 1.72Shalhoop (2004) 141 United States HI OCB .28 .91 1.42Shalhoop (2004) 141 United States HI DJ .32 .91 1.30Shalhoop (2004) 141 United States HI PJ .40 .82 0.71Shalhoop (2004) 141 United States HI IJ .56 .92 1.10Shalhoop (2004) 141 United States HI AC .39 .84 1.42Shalhoop (2004) 141 United States HI JS .42 .84 1.77Shalhoop (2004) 141 United States HI TI �.30 .95 1.77Shapiro et al. (2011) 162 United States HI LMX .88 1.69Shapiro et al. (2011) 162 United States HI TI �.04 .89 3.13Sherony (2002) 98 United States HI LMX .96 1.70Sherony (2002) 98 United States HI TP .03 .89a

Shull (1994) 236 United States HI LMX .80 0.52Shull (1994) 236 United States HI TP .23 .85 0.76Shull (1994) 236 United States HI OCB .21 .81 0.92Shull (1994) 236 United States HI DJ .34 .78 0.86Shull (1994) 236 United States HI PJ .47 .85 0.85Shull (1994) 236 United States HI IJ .49 .94 0.88Sias (2005) 400 United States HI LMX .93 0.63Sias (2005) 400 United States HI JS .49 .73 0.58Sias (2005) 400 United States HI AC .35 .91 0.46Smith (2002) 150 United States HI LMX .96 2.16Smith (2002) 150 United States HI TP .24 .80 0.94Smith (2002) 150 United States HI AC .40 .86 1.77Smith (2002) 150 United States HI JS .25 .90 1.32Soldner & Crimando (2010) 41 United States HI LMX .95Soldner & Crimando (2010) 41 United States HI OCB .15 .72Soldner & Crimando (2010) 41 United States HI AC .38 .86a

Sparrowe (1994) 182 United States HI LMX .75 1.10Sparrowe (1994) 182 United States HI TI �.19 .85 2.82Sparrowe et al. (2006) 177 United States HI LMX .92 0.96Sparrowe et al. (2006) 177 United States HI OCB .16 .87 0.85Stepina et al. (1991) 81 United States HI LMX .73 0.37Stepina et al. (1991) 81 United States HI TP .28 .73 0.62Stepina et al. (1991) 81 United States HI JS .39 .71 1.88Story (2010) 223 China VC LMX .91 0.83Story (2010) 223 China VC AC .41 .81 0.55Stringer (2006) 57 United States HI LMX .90 0.52Stringer (2006) 57 United States HI JS .62 .93 0.86Suazo (2002) 128 United States HI LMX .90 0.69Suazo (2002) 128 United States HI TP .10 .85 0.58Suazo (2002) 128 United States HI OCB .22 .88 0.86Tansky (1993) 75 United States HI LMX .85 0.32Tansky (1993) 75 United States HI OCB .42 .86 0.41Tansky (1993) 75 United States HI PJ .52 .88Tansky (1993) 75 United States HI JS .45 .88 0.27Tansky (1993) 75 United States HI AC .30 .85 0.23Tekleab & Taylor (2003) 130 United States HI LMX .89 0.72Tekleab & Taylor (2003) 130 United States HI TP .34 .70 0.66Tekleab & Taylor (2003) 130 United States HI OCB .52 .85 0.62Tekleab & Taylor (2003) 130 United States HI JS .45 .75 0.64Tekleab & Taylor (2003) 130 United States HI TI �.31 .85 1.12Tepper et al. (2006), Sample 1 347 United States HI LMX .74Tepper et al. (2006), Sample 1 347 United States HI TP .30 .87 1.60Tepper et al. (2006), Sample 2 207 United States HI LMX .90a

Tepper et al. (2006), Sample 2 207 United States HI TP .46 .88 0.46

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CountryHI/VC Variable r � Var

Tierney et al. (2002) 100 Mexico VC LMX .89 1.06Tierney et al. (2002) 100 Mexico VC OCB .62 .91 0.81Tierney et al. (2002) 100 Mexico VC JS .52 .90 0.61Tierney et al. (2002) 100 Mexico VC AC .58 .89 0.72Tierney et al. (1999) 159 United States HI LMX .91 0.35Tierney et al. (1999) 159 United States HI TP .30 .95 1.21Townsend et al. (2002) 420 United States HI LMX .87 0.42Townsend et al. (2002) 420 United States HI TP .28 .89a 0.64Townsend et al. (2000) 150 United States HI LMX .90 0.76Townsend et al. (2000) 150 United States HI TP .45 .75 0.76Townsend et al. (2000) 150 United States HI OCB .43 .88 0.69Trepanier (2011) 324 Canada HI LMX .94 0.61Trepanier (2011) 324 Canada HI TP .42 .83 0.28Truckenbrodt (2000) 63 United States HI LMX .87 0.36Truckenbrodt (2000) 63 United States HI OCB .28 .72 0.19Truckenbrodt (2000) 63 United States HI AC .35 .88 1.08Uhl-Bien & Maslyn (2003) 232 United States HI LMX .90 0.59Uhl-Bien & Maslyn (2003) 232 United States HI TP .36 .94 0.52Uhl-Bien & Maslyn (2003) 232 United States HI OCB .32 .91 0.62Uhl-Bien & Maslyn (2003) 232 United States HI AC .33 .87 0.66van Breukelen et al. (2002) 152 Netherlands HI LMX .90 0.46van Breukelen et al. (2002) 152 Netherlands HI AC .40 .74 0.64Van Dyne et al. (2002) 195 United States HI LMX .90 0.94Van Dyne et al. (2002) 195 United States HI TP .03 .89a

Van Dyne et al. (2002) 195 United States HI OCB .37 .88 1.02Van Dyne et al. (2008), Sample 1 218 India VC LMX .91 1.25Van Dyne et al. (2008), Sample 1 218 India VC OCB .52 .91 1.38Van Dyne et al. (2008), Sample 2 234 Singapore VC LMX .93 1.06Van Dyne et al. (2008), Sample 2 234 Singapore VC OCB .34 .95 2.04Vecchio (1985) 45 United States HI LMX .64 0.20Vecchio (1985) 45 United States HI JS .32 .82 2.86Vecchio (1987) 303 United States HI LMX .91 0.43Vecchio (1987) 303 United States HI TP .35 .94Vecchio & Brazil (2007) 1,974 United States HI LMX .90 0.53Vecchio & Brazil (2007) 1,974 United States HI TP .17 .94 1.56Vecchio & Brazil (2007) 1,974 United States HI TI �.34 .90 0.50Vecchio et al. (2006) 860 United States HI LMX .90 0.58Vecchio et al. (2006) 860 United States HI TP .29 .89 0.83Vecchio & Gobdel (1984) 45 United States HI LMX .64 0.20Vecchio & Gobdel (1984) 45 United States HI TP .27 .86 0.53Vecchio & Gobdel (1984) 45 United States HI JS .25 .82Vecchio & Gobdel (1984) 45 United States HI TI �.20 .86a

Vecchio et al. (1986) 173 United States HI LMX .82 0.29Vecchio et al. (1986) 173 United States HI JS .41 .68Vecchio & Norris (1996) 105 United States HI LMX .80 0.69Vecchio & Norris (1996) 105 United States HI TP .37 .93 0.96Venkataramani et al. (2010) 184 India VC LMX .90 0.45Venkataramani et al. (2010) 184 India VC JS .36 .85 0.69Venkataramani et al. (2010) 184 India VC TI �.25 .78 0.71Vidyarthi et al. (2010) 254 India VC LMX .84 0.46Vidyarthi et al. (2010) 254 India VC TP .15 .80 0.48Vidyarthi et al. (2010) 254 India VC OCB .15 .86 0.34Volmer et al. (2011) 279 Germany HI LMX .86 0.52Volmer et al. (2011) 279 Germany HI JS .51 .84a 0.96Waismel-Manor et al. (2010) 163 Israel HI LMX .89 0.41Waismel-Manor et al. (2010) 163 Israel HI OCB .39 .75 0.28

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CountryHI/VC Variable r � Var

Wang et al. (2008) 168 China VC LMX .86 0.57Wang et al. (2008) 168 China VC TP .27 .87 0.55Wang et al. (2008) 168 China VC OCB .29 .91 0.67Wang et al. (2008) 168 China VC TI �.05 .70 0.46Wang et al. (2005) 162 China VC LMX .81 0.34Wang et al. (2005) 162 China VC TP .38 .89 0.62Wang et al. (2005) 162 China VC OCB .29 .81 0.27Wang et al. (2005) 162 China VC TL .71 .93 0.20Wat & Shaffer (2005) 183 China VC LMX .88 0.90Wat & Shaffer (2005) 183 China VC OCB .12 .95 2.04Wat & Shaffer (2005) 183 China VC DJ .25 .95 1.77Wat & Shaffer (2005) 183 China VC PJ .25 .93 0.98Wat & Shaffer (2005) 183 China VC IJ .16 .90 1.14Wat & Shaffer (2005) 183 China VC LT .32 .95 2.72Watson (2010) 182 United States HI LMX .89 0.38Watson (2010) 182 United States HI LT .40 .88 0.44Wayne & Ferris (1990), Sample 1 96 United States HI LMX .77Wayne & Ferris (1990), Sample 1 96 United States HI TP .65 .87 0.50Wayne & Ferris (1990), Sample 2 84 United States HI LMX .81Wayne & Ferris (1990), Sample 2 84 United States HI TP .54 .91 0.37Wayne & Green (1993) 73 United States HI LMX .91 0.67Wayne & Green (1993) 73 United States HI OCB .25 .76 0.59Wayne et al. (1999) 245 United States HI LMX .91 1.39Wayne et al. (1999) 245 United States HI TP .34 .87 2.69Wayne et al. (2002) 211 United States HI LMX .89 2.02Wayne et al. (2002) 211 United States HI TP .31 .85 1.04Wayne et al. (2002) 211 United States HI OCB .20 .83 1.02Wayne et al. (2002) 211 United States HI DJ .48 .92 2.31Wayne et al. (2002) 211 United States HI PJ .51 .88 1.96Wayne et al. (2002) 211 United States HI AC .41 .82 1.93Wayne et al. (1997) 252 United States HI LMX .90 1.17Wayne et al. (1997) 252 United States HI TP .45 .92 0.45Wayne et al. (1997) 252 United States HI OCB .26 .86 0.94Wayne et al. (1997) 252 United States HI AC .36 .87 0.94Wayne et al. (1997) 252 United States HI TI �.40 .89 2.16Wech (2001) 403 Canada HI LMX .90a 0.20Wech (2001) 403 Canada HI TP .52 .95 0.42Wech (2001) 403 Canada HI OCB .32 .93 0.23Wech (2001) 403 Canada HI JS .15 .77 0.49Wheeler et al. (2010) 282 United States HI LMX .94 0.74Wheeler et al. (2010) 282 United States HI TI �.28 .86a 1.54White (2007) 1,200 United States HI LMX .75 0.42White (2007) 1,200 United States HI IJ .77 .79 0.56White (2007) 1,200 United States HI LT .80 .81 1.88Whittington (1997) 209 United States HI LMX .91 1.64Whittington (1997) 209 United States HI TP .34 .81 0.25Whittington (1997) 209 United States HI OCB .38 .95 1.17Whittington (1997) 209 United States HI AC .43 .80 0.69Whittington (1997) 209 United States HI NC .10 .75 1.04Whittington (1997) 209 United States HI CC �.14 .76 1.35Whittington (1997) 209 United States HI LT .85 .96 2.86Wilhelm et al. (1993) 141 United States HI LMX .92 0.62Wilhelm et al. (1993) 141 United States HI TP .34 .87 0.75Wilhelm et al. (1993) 141 United States HI DJ .76 .95 1.77Wilhelm et al. (1993) 141 United States HI JS .72 .89 0.08Wilhelm et al. (1993) 141 United States HI TI �.38 .88 3.24Williams et al. (1996) 183 United States HI LMX .95Williams et al. (1996) 183 United States HI AC .39 .81Y.-J. Wu (2009) 231 Taiwan VC LMX .93 1.12Y.-J. Wu (2009) 231 Taiwan VC OCB .19 .92 0.25

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Yagil (2006) 152 Israel HI LMX .78 1.37Yagil (2006) 152 Israel HI PJ .45 .84 1.42Yagil (2006) 152 Israel HI JS .67 .84a 1.46Yeh (2005) 202 United States HI LMX .88 0.80Yeh (2005) 202 United States HI AC .55 .89 0.86Yeh (2005) 202 United States HI NC .22 .81 0.64Yeh (2005) 202 United States HI CC �.10 .82 0.79Yeh (2005) 202 United States HI JS .49 .89 0.96Yeh (2005) 202 United States HI TI �.31 .85 1.37Yi (2002) 633 China VC LMX .72 0.32Yi (2002) 633 China VC JS .21 .81 0.31Yi (2002) 633 China VC AC .49 .88 0.53Zalesny & Kirsch (1989) 76 United States HI LMX .90a

Zalesny & Kirsch (1989) 76 United States HI TP .46 .84 1.00Zhang et al. (2010) 165 China VC LMX .92 1.44Zhang et al. (2010) 165 China VC TP .34 .88 0.36Zhang et al. (2010) 165 China VC AC .28 .85 1.17Zhang et al. (2010) 165 China VC JS .39 .88 0.61

Note. LMX � leader–member exchange; HI � horizontal individualism; VC � vertical collectivism; � � internal consistency (Cronbach’s �); Var �study variance; OCB � organizational citizenship behavior; TP � task performance; DJ � distributive justice; PJ � procedural justice; JS � jobsatisfaction; TI � turnover intentions; TL � transformational leadership; AC � affective organizational commitment; IJ � interactional justice; LT �leader trust; NC � normative organizational commitment; CC � continuance organizational commitment.a Imputed Cronbach’s � based on reliability generalization.

Received November 14, 2010Revision received June 20, 2012

Accepted July 23, 2012 �

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